Re: [gentoo-user] Problems moving /boot partiton

2006-04-30 Thread Richard Fish
On 4/30/06, Mark Knecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: When this was complete I ran grub using the commands grub root (hd0,8) setup (hd0) quit My understand of the above is that the root (hd0,8) says place the second part of grub on /dev/sda9 (drive 0, partition 8) while the second says place the f

Re: [gentoo-user] Problems moving /boot partiton

2006-04-30 Thread Mark Knecht
On 4/30/06, Benno Schulenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Mark Knecht wrote: > 5) In the chroot'ed environment I can see the kernel file at > /boot/bzImage-2.6.16-gentoo-r2 How did you copy sda1 to sda9? Probably on sda1 there was a symlink: boot -> /, which you didn't preserve during copying. E

Re: [gentoo-user] Problems moving /boot partiton

2006-04-30 Thread John Jolet
On Sunday 30 April 2006 16:57, Mark Knecht wrote: > On 4/30/06, Farhan Ahmed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Try executing this command from the grub command line: > > > > find /boot/bzImage-2.6.16-gentoo-r2 > > > > It'll return the partition where it finds the file.. It should be > > someth

Re: [gentoo-user] Problems moving /boot partiton

2006-04-30 Thread Benno Schulenberg
Mark Knecht wrote: > 5) In the chroot'ed environment I can see the kernel file at > /boot/bzImage-2.6.16-gentoo-r2 How did you copy sda1 to sda9? Probably on sda1 there was a symlink: boot -> /, which you didn't preserve during copying. Either create this symlink, or remove "/boot" from "kernel

Re: [gentoo-user] Problems moving /boot partiton

2006-04-30 Thread Mark Knecht
On 4/30/06, Farhan Ahmed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Try executing this command from the grub command line: find /boot/bzImage-2.6.16-gentoo-r2 It'll return the partition where it finds the file.. It should be something like (ab0,x).. Then as usual enter the grub commands.. root

Re: [gentoo-user] Problems moving /boot partiton

2006-04-30 Thread John Jolet
On Sunday 30 April 2006 16:01, Mark Knecht wrote: > Hi, >I am attempting to move my /boot partition on a specific machine to > make way for a Windows XP dual boot. This machine is the only one with > a graphics adapter that meets the requirements of my son's new game. > >and right now the

Re: [gentoo-user] Problems moving /boot partiton

2006-04-30 Thread Farhan Ahmed
Try executing this command from the grub command line: find /boot/bzImage-2.6.16-gentoo-r2 It'll return the partition where it finds the file.. It should be something like (ab0,x).. Then as usual enter the grub commands.. root (ab0,x) setup (ab0) quit Hope this h

[gentoo-user] Problems moving /boot partiton

2006-04-30 Thread Mark Knecht
Hi, I am attempting to move my /boot partition on a specific machine to make way for a Windows XP dual boot. This machine is the only one with a graphics adapter that meets the requirements of my son's new game. and right now the machine is no longer booting.. Bummer OK, so I used