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PostPosted: Fri Nov 09, 2012 6:43 am    Post subject: amd64 install boots straight to grub prompt Reply with quote

Ok I have two machines, On one I did the x86 minimal install from the handbook and it worked flawlessly. On the machine im trying the amd64 install though, I followed the handbook but when I boot this machine it doesnt show the grub loader, just goes straight to the grub prompt?

If I set the kernel to /boot/kernel and initrd to /boot/initramfs and do 'boot' it will start but will panic shortly after.

I have searched and found similar issues but my grub.conf looks the same as most that I find!

/etc/fstab
Code:
/dev/sda1   /boot        ext2    defaults,noatime     0 2
/dev/sda2   none         swap    sw                   0 0
/dev/sda3   /            ext3    noatime              0 1

/dev/cdrom  /mnt/cdrom   auto    noauto,user          0 0


/boot/grub/grub.conf
Code:
default 0
timeout 30

title Gentoo
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/kernel real_root=/dev/sda3
initrd /boot/initramfs



One thing is weird, when I tried to compare my grub.conf to the working machine, it no longer has a /boot/grub folder, but I still have grub at boot and /sbin/grub

Any help will be greatly appreciated!
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 09, 2012 3:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ah.. well based on my experience using amd64 rather than x86, there were a few more bumps in the road for amd64, including mount and grub. In particular I had a problem similar to yours, and what was happening was that it was mounting my /boot as "ro". I didn't notice it right off, and I tried adding a grub.conf without noticing that it wasn't actually writing to the drive.

So, I would check some basics. How is your drive mounted? Does re-emerging grub give notices about the disk being read-only?

In the end all I had to do was mount it "rw", re-add grub.conf and continue on.

Hope it helps.
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 09, 2012 4:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

on the machine that fails to boot:
boot the cd, mount the gentoo partitions, enter the chroot, nominally:
Quote:
mount /dev/sda3 /mnt/gentoo
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/gentoo/boot
cp /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/gentoo/etc/resolv.conf
mount -t proc none /mnt/gentoo/proc
mount --rbind /sys /mnt/gentoo/sys
mount --rbind /dev /mnt/gentoo/dev
chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash
env-update
source /etc/profile
export PS1="(chroot) $PS1"
When in the chroot:
Code:
emerge wgetpaste pciutils gentoolkit grub
ls -l /boot | wgetpaste
wgetpaste /etc/fstab
wgetpaste /boot/grub/grub.conf
lspci -k | wgetpaste
wgetpaste /usr/src/linux/.config
wgetpaste /proc/cpuinfo
post the url's returned. Then
Code:
nano /boot/grub/grub.conf
Edit to:
Quote:
default 0
timeout 30

title Gentoo
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/kernel real_root=/dev/sda3
initrd /boot/initramfs
Then:
Code:
grub
find /boot/grub/stage2
this should return an answer in the form (hdx,y)
Code:
root (hdx,y)
where x,y are the values returned in the last step; return will look like "Filesystem type is ext2, partition type 0x83". then
Code:
setup (hdx)
return should look like " Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... yes
Checking if "/boot/grub/stage2" exists... yes
Checking if "/boot/grub/ext2_stage1_5" exists... yes
Running "embed /boot/grub/ext2_stage1_5 (hd0)"... 19 sectors are embedded
.
succeeded
Running "install /boot/grub/stage1 (hd0) (hd0)1+19 p (hd0,1)/boot/grub/stage2
/boot/grub/menu.lst"... succeeded
Done." Then
Code:
quit
exit
reboot
Reboot to the installed system
If/when a panic occurs take a cell phone or digicam picture and post on a free photo site; post url here.

Guessing you were not in the chroot when you emerged grub.
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