grub troubles

[kikinovak]

Hi,

I just made an install for a double boot Win XP / Gentoo Linux. On my other PC I made a Gentoo-only install by just following the (excellent) install instructions, and it went smoothly. But on this machine, I have a hard time configuring Grub.

My partitioning scheme:

/dev/hda1 -> NTFS for Windows XP (already installed)

/dev/hda2 -> boot partition (100MB, ext2)

/dev/hda3 -> swap (150 MB)

/dev/hda4 -> root partition (XFS, remaining 10 GB)

To install grub, i did the following:

# grub
# root (hd0,1)
# setup (hd0)
# quit

My /boot/grub/menu.lst looks like this:

default 0
timeout 30
splashimage=(hd0,1)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz

title=Gentoo Linux
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/bzImage root=/dev/hda4

title=Windows XP
root (hd0,0)
chainloader +1


The grub menu shows up OK, but I can only boot XP. When I try to boot Linux, I instantly get a File Not Found Error.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Niki

[pjp]

Did you mount /boot before copying the kernel over? You may need to boot from the Install CD to get in and take a look.
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[pjp]

See this thread on using the Install CD for recovery.
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[kikinovak]

Thanks, but the question was about the grub commands. No need to recover with a rescue CD, because grub allows to configure boot parameters by hand anyway. It's these parameters, e. g. /etc/boot/menu.lst I'm looking for.

Niki

[kikinovak]

PS: does my menu.lst seem OK?

Niki

[pjp]

Everything looks OK. The reason I suggested the boot CD was so you could verify the kernel was in fact in the correct location. I was assuming you couldn't boot to Gentoo.
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[kikinovak]

Bingo! Tilt! I remember now I forgot moving the kernel in the right location after compiling it. Zazzzzzzit!

Thanks,

Niki