Gentoo start error[Solved]

[paradox6996]

noppix linux # mount -v /dev/hda1 /boot
mount: you didn't specify a filesystem type for /dev/hda1
I will try all types mentioned in /etc/filesystems or /proc/filesystems
Trying #
Trying #vfat
mount: you must specify the filesystem type
Knoppix linux # mount -v | grep boot
Knoppix linux #
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[rsa4046]

Hmm, it should have mounted if it's formatted with ext2. Just to be sure, try this explicitly

[paradox6996]

[rsa4046]

I'm not sure why mount is unable to mount it read/write, perhaps something to do with the fact that you entered the chroot from Knoppix (I've never used Knoppix), or it's just not formatted correctly. You need to exit the chroot and find out what's going on: perhaps by default, Knoppix has mounted /dev/hda1 itself at another mount point before you entered the chroot (you can't mount devices at more than one point). Verify this by exiting the chroot session, then do

[paradox6996]

root@0[knoppix]# mount -v
/dev/root on / type ext2 (rw)
/ramdisk on /ramdisk type tmpfs (rw,size=813028k)
/UNIONFS on /UNIONFS type unionfs (rw,dirs=/ramdisk=rw:/KNOPPIX=ro:/KNOPPIX2=ro)
/dev/hdd on /cdrom type iso9660 (ro)
/dev/cloop on /KNOPPIX type iso9660 (ro)
/dev/cloop2 on /KNOPPIX2 type iso9660 (ro)
/UNIONFS/dev/pts on /UNIONFS/dev/pts type devpts (rw)
/proc/bus/usb on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw,devmode=0666)
automount(pid2262) on /mnt/auto type autofs (rw,fd=4,pgrp=2262,minproto=2,maxproto=4)
/UNIONFS/dev/hda3 on /mnt/hda3 type ext3 (rw,nosuid,nodev)
/UNIONFS/dev/hda1 on /mnt/gentooboot type ext2 (rw)

Disk /dev/hda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 5 40131 83 Linux
/dev/hda2 6 255 2008125 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/hda3 256 19457 154240065 83 Linux
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[rsa4046]

[paradox6996]

root@0[knoppix]# ls -la /mnt/gentooboot
total 2522
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 1024 Aug 2 21:20 .
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 1024 Aug 3 04:22 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Apr 19 19:54 .keep
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1 Aug 2 12:26 boot -> .
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Aug 2 21:33 grub
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2555216 Aug 2 19:38 kernal-2.6.21-gentoo-r4
drwx------ 2 root root 12288 Aug 2 00:59 lost+found
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[rsa4046]

In your original grub listing, you had

[rsa4046]

Additional thought:
If this does not work, go back and use the gentoo CD to boot with, and follow previous instructions of 7 steps. Don't use Knoppix to do this; Knoppix gives you a running system from CD, but this is unnecessary overkill, and also potentially complicating, if you're only trying to install gentoo ...
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[paradox6996]

wow, I changed it. I'll reboot now and see!
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[paradox6996]

ya it worked but I don't have a gooey but I can figure that out later after I get some sleep. I just want to say thank you very much for helping me out for a long time that I have no idea how long it was!
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[rsa4046]

Congrats, glad it worked. To get GUI running, you'll need to install xorg-x11 (look over http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/xorg-config.xml first, and know what kind of video card you have), and decide between kde or gnome. Good luck!
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