dissapointment...installation help required immediately

panther · n00b Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 74 Location: Londn

It is my fourth time that I am trying to install gentoo, following the installation guide......... :cry:

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it says root (hd0,0)
error 23:error while parsing number

i feel that i am not going to make it, can you help me otherwise i thing i may go back to the hated windows because i hate redhat even more............. :cry:

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-JeaN- · Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2003 3:05 pm Post subject:

Hello Panther,

I guess you are talking about the grub configuration process, can you be more precise about your IDE HDD/CDROM disposition, and also about your partition numbers ?
Then we could be able to help you better.
Btw I don't hate windows nor redhat

I don't think it's needed to have "feelings" towards a software

I would hate though paying for windows

That's for sure !

panther · n00b Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 74 Location: Londn

well

hda1 boot extf3
hda2 swap
hda3 extf3

what do you mean by the cd-rom ide?
another thing is that although hda1 i set it as extf3
grub recognised it as extf2 in the merge process.......

software is fine.I agree with you I do not like though the companies.....

,oh i forgot.............HELPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP

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tukem · Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2003 3:35 pm Post subject:

Hmm.. Your configuration is obviously similar to the one in installation document so that "root (hd0,0)" should be right. Documentation mentions TAB completion mechanism, what does it say if you type "root (hd0," and hit TAB.

panther · n00b Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 74 Location: Londn

possible partinions are:
Partition num: 0 Filesystem is ext2fs, parttion type 0x83

Partition num: 1 Filesystem unknown, parttion type 0x82

Partition num: 2 Filesystem is ext2fs, parttion type 0x83
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tukem · Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2003 4:00 pm Post subject:

So at least it works that far. Could it be a case of grub not liking whitespace in "(hd0,0)". Try running "root (hd0,0)" without but that one space.