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naviehuynh n00b
Joined: 20 Dec 2012 Posts: 15
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Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2012 6:45 am Post subject: [SOLVED] Cant boot from CD |
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Hi guys,
When I boot from my Gentoo CD, it just hang at the line "Mounting dev/sda3" and doesnt give any error message. What should I do now?
I have Windows 8 and Mint installed in the system, here is the partition list:
Code: | Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 63 225279494 112639716 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda2 225279495 286712054 30716280 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda3 286712116 976768064 345027974+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5 286712118 327661739 20474811 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 349081600 430043135 40480768 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda7 430044048 976768064 273362008+ 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda8 327663616 349079551 10707968 82 Linux swap / Solaris
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btw, is it normal for Dumpe2fs to report "magic number"/"could not find valid superblock" when checking my NTFS/extended partition superblock?
Thanks
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hcaulfield57 Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 13 Mar 2012 Posts: 148
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Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2012 7:23 am Post subject: |
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I would strongly suggest using SystemRescueCD as an installation medium, if the Gentoo minimal iso does not boot for you. You can follow the few additional steps in the Alternate Install Guide in addition to the manual. This is how I (and many others) install Gentoo. I've never actually used the minimal cd. _________________ "To design the perfect anti-Unix, make all file formats binary and opaque, and require heavyweight tools to read and edit them." - The Art of Unix Programming |
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The Doctor Moderator
Joined: 27 Jul 2010 Posts: 2678
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Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2012 7:32 am Post subject: |
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You have two options. Option 1) If you are not going to change mint, use mint. By this I mean you will not change the size of the Mint partitions. All you may need to install is chroot.
2) System Rescue CD, as above. One minor flaw with the above. the system rescue CD does NOT need any of the extra steps. It is a Gentoo based distro, and therefore is the same as the Gentoo min. It just comes with a few extra programs, including X and Firefox.
There really is nothing sacred about the Gentoo min. It is a linux, like any other. _________________ First things first, but not necessarily in that order.
Apologies if I take a while to respond. I'm currently working on the dematerialization circuit for my blue box. |
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hcaulfield57 Tux's lil' helper
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Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2012 8:18 am Post subject: |
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The Doctor wrote: | One minor flaw with the above. the system rescue CD does NOT need any of the extra steps. It is a Gentoo based distro, and |
I always suspected that those extra steps were not necessary, but always did them out of habit. Thanks for the correction! _________________ "To design the perfect anti-Unix, make all file formats binary and opaque, and require heavyweight tools to read and edit them." - The Art of Unix Programming |
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creaker l33t
Joined: 14 Jul 2012 Posts: 651
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Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2012 11:55 am Post subject: |
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No matter what installation media to use. The only limitation - it should be the same architecture - x86 or x86_64. All you need is boot into terminal.
If you not planning to remove your Mint during Gentoo installation (and Mint is the same architecture x86/x86_64 as Gentoo) you can install Gentoo from Mint instead of installing from any CD image.
Just boot into Mint, switch to terminal (Alt+Ctrl+F1) and follow Gentoo Handbook. By the way you can read handbook from Mint browser. It is very handy, just switch back to Mint by Alt+Ctrl+F7.
BTW, why Gentoo Handbook doesn't described this installation way? |
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naviehuynh n00b
Joined: 20 Dec 2012 Posts: 15
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Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2012 12:49 pm Post subject: |
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creaker wrote: | No matter what installation media to use. The only limitation - it should be the same architecture - x86 or x86_64. All you need is boot into terminal.
If you not planning to remove your Mint during Gentoo installation (and Mint is the same architecture x86/x86_64 as Gentoo) you can install Gentoo from Mint instead of installing from any CD image.
Just boot into Mint, switch to terminal (Alt+Ctrl+F1) and follow Gentoo Handbook. By the way you can read handbook from Mint browser. It is very handy, just switch back to Mint by Alt+Ctrl+F7.
BTW, why Gentoo Handbook doesn't described this installation way? |
Thanks, I have just installed Gentoo in Mint. Btw, there is no need to install the Bootloader, just run update-grub within Mint
The method is mentioned in Gentoo handbook actually |
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