[gentoo-user] Weirdness Here
Hi Guys, Something weird is going on with my system. I have been trying to upgrade the kernel, but no matter what I select, I can't seem to get the sata drive on my laptop recognized. So, I've been sticking to a kernel that works. That is just a lead-in to the situation. Today, I wanted to check /boot to make sure that I had removed residual files from my last failed kernel upgrade. First, let me say that my system boots fine into the kernel that I have been using successfully - i.e. everything happens as expected when I boot. However, in /boot, all I have is a symlink that says that boot is a link to . (dot). I don't see any grub directory or any of the files that should be there. What gives? This is making me a little antsy! Any suggestions as to what is going on? Any ideas how to solve the situation? Regards, Colleen -- Registered Linux User #411143 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Weirdness Here
Did you create a separate /boot partition when installing Gentoo. If so you need to mount it mount /dev/sda1 /boot or whatever is your boot partition Hi Guys, Something weird is going on with my system. I have been trying to upgrade the kernel, but no matter what I select, I can't seem to get the sata drive on my laptop recognized. So, I've been sticking to a kernel that works. That is just a lead-in to the situation. Today, I wanted to check /boot to make sure that I had removed residual files from my last failed kernel upgrade. First, let me say that my system boots fine into the kernel that I have been using successfully - i.e. everything happens as expected when I boot. However, in /boot, all I have is a symlink that says that boot is a link to . (dot). I don't see any grub directory or any of the files that should be there. What gives? This is making me a little antsy! Any suggestions as to what is going on? Any ideas how to solve the situation? Regards, Colleen -- Registered Linux User #411143 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Weirdness Here
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 look in your /etc/fstab, is /boot set to noauto? If it is, then /boot isn't being mounted at boot, mount it by hand, then take a peek ... CJoeB wrote: | Hi Guys, | | Something weird is going on with my system. I have been trying to | upgrade the kernel, but no matter what I select, I can't seem to get the | sata drive on my laptop recognized. So, I've been sticking to a kernel | that works. That is just a lead-in to the situation. | | Today, I wanted to check /boot to make sure that I had removed residual | files from my last failed kernel upgrade. First, let me say that my | system boots fine into the kernel that I have been using successfully - | i.e. everything happens as expected when I boot. However, in /boot, all | I have is a symlink that says that boot is a link to . (dot). I don't | see any grub directory or any of the files that should be there. What | gives? This is making me a little antsy! Any suggestions as to what is | going on? Any ideas how to solve the situation? | | Regards, | | Colleen | -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFH6+rS8hUIAnGfls4RApmdAJ9iOtiasTnsbay5F/lUEPKp5vDWoACfacvG tkQdm9R2YqmFNjLiF9qAYPQ= =Eorv -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Weirdness Here
Chris Brennan wrote: look in your /etc/fstab, is /boot set to noauto? If it is, then /boot isn't being mounted at boot, mount it by hand, then take a peek ... Thanks. I figured that out. The thing that stymied me is that I normally don't have to manually mount /boot. Anyway, things are okay now. Regards, Colleen CJoeB wrote: | Hi Guys, | | Something weird is going on with my system. I have been trying to | upgrade the kernel, but no matter what I select, I can't seem to get the | sata drive on my laptop recognized. So, I've been sticking to a kernel | that works. That is just a lead-in to the situation. | | Today, I wanted to check /boot to make sure that I had removed residual | files from my last failed kernel upgrade. First, let me say that my | system boots fine into the kernel that I have been using successfully - | i.e. everything happens as expected when I boot. However, in /boot, all | I have is a symlink that says that boot is a link to . (dot). I don't | see any grub directory or any of the files that should be there. What | gives? This is making me a little antsy! Any suggestions as to what is | going on? Any ideas how to solve the situation? | | Regards, | | Colleen | -- Registered Linux User #411143 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
