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Efo
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 Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2016 9:49 pm Post subject: booting livecd from grub2 [SOLVED] |
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Hi guys,
I am in big trouble (time wise). I think I have run into this problem, and I cant login anymore. I get "(none) login" in the console and nothing works.
The solution should be straight forward: run livecd, chroot, etc-update, and everything should be fine.
Unfortunately, I cannot boot from my dvd nor my usb even though they are on top of the booting list in my BIOS (I have an old system76 pangolin). Not sure why, 7 odd years ago I installed gentoo from a livecd and now I cant figure out why it doesnt work anymore.
Anyway, since I can still access grub2, I copied the gentoo iso image on my usb drive (I cant figure out how to access my DVD) and I did he following from the grub command line:
| Code: | >set isofile="(hd1,1)/install-amd64-minimal-20161013.iso"
>loopback loop $isofile
>linux (loop)/isolinux/gentoo root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc aufs looptype=squashfs loop=/image.squashfs cdroot=1 real_root=/ isoboot=$isofile splash=silent,theme:default console=tty0
>set gfxpayload=1024x768x16
>initrd (loop)/isolinux/gentoo.igz
>boot
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Everything seems to boot fine until I get the message:
| Code: | !! Could not find the root block device in .
!! Please specify another value or:
!! - Press Enter for the same
!! - type "shell" for a shell
!! - type "q" to skip...
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I googled for a while now, and I am not sure how to go forward nor what is the sought root block.
Any help is more than welcome.
Thanks,
Efo
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Efo
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Hi fturco and thank you for the reply,
I came across that link. I think it is the menuentry configuration for grub2, and I think it is similar to what I am doing (I am passing commands from the command line instead of writing them into the cfg file and reboot).
By the way, vga=791 is deprecated and substituted with gfxpayload=1024x768x16.
On a happier note, I found a way around using "puppy slacko-6.3". I am kinda sad I couldnt figure it out using gentoo. Anyway, for future reference here is what I did:
1) on a different computer:
* downloaded slacko-6.3.2-uefi.iso
- Note: if you want to chroot you need to use the correct version (i.e. download slacko64-6.3.2-uefi.iso for a 64-bit machine), otherwise the above 32-bit version works just fine.
* made liveusb (my usb drive was on /dev/sdc1):
| Code: | isohybrid slacko-6.3.2-uefi.iso
dd if=./slacko-6.3.2-uefi.iso of=/dev/sdc1 bs=4M
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- Note: do not mount drive
2) on the "patient" computer:
* started the machine
* stopped in grub2
* entered command line (pressing "c")
* entered the following commands (my usb drive was on (hd1,1) corresponding to /dev/sdb1):
| Code: | linux (hd1,1)/vmlinuz root=/dev/sdb1
initrd (hd1,1)/initrd.gz
boot |
Done! Puppy slacko boots from the usb drive, and I can access the file system (and everything else) from its console!
I hope this helps other people that may find themselves in the same situation.
Cheers,
Efo |
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