grub - need help!

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solja · Post by **solja** » Tue Aug 31, 2004 1:46 am

i need to edit grub but when i type nano -w /boot/grub/grub.conf the grub.conf file is empty am i editing the right file ?......if not can some1 plz tell me where exactly is the grub.conf.

Thanx
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geniux · Post by **geniux** » Tue Aug 31, 2004 1:58 am

It is empty, because you have to edit it to fit your system.
Follow this:
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/h ... =1&chap=10

solja · Post by **solja** » Tue Aug 31, 2004 2:40 am

no i already went thru the whole installation process and made grub it boots up but i want to edit something but when i open up grub.conf its all empty......so wat i wuz askin is y is dat ?

Thanx
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geniux · Post by **geniux** » Tue Aug 31, 2004 2:42 am

You must mount /boot before you can edit it. If you havent done that yet.

solja · Post by **solja** » Tue Aug 31, 2004 3:22 am

ok boot needed to be mounted

1 more thing my splash screen doesn't come up all i get is a flashing cursor on the top left corner but i still get it to work by jst pressing up or down key depending on wat i wanna boot but it would be really great if the grub screen shows up.....it worked last time i dunt kno why its not coming up this time....please help.

Thanx for your reply's
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geniux · Post by **geniux** » Tue Aug 31, 2004 3:24 am

Ok, post your grub.conf file.
And dont forget to umount /boot when your done

solja · Post by **solja** » Tue Aug 31, 2004 4:07 am

ok heres my gurb.conf

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

title=Gentoo Linux 2.6.8-gentoo-r3
root (hd0,1)
kernel /kernel-2.6.8-gentoo-r3 root=/dev/hda4 vga=795

# dual booting section

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

Thanx ALOT
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geniux · Post by **geniux** » Tue Aug 31, 2004 4:15 am

solja wrote: splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz

And you're sure that the boot is (hd0,0), so it should'nt be:

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splashimage=(hd0,1)/grub/splash.xpm.gz

Because everything looks ok to me.

solja · Post by **solja** » Tue Aug 31, 2004 4:33 am

oops

im soo use to having gentoo as my only os because hda1 is usually my boot and this time im dual booting and hda1 is winxp dat was exactly the problem it was suppose to be (hda0,1)....thanx a bunch geniux for all your help....appriciate it.

1 last question lol....how do you turn dma on for your hard drive when gentoo boots it says i should turn on dma...any idea ?

Thanx
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geniux · Post by **geniux** » Tue Aug 31, 2004 4:38 am

You can turn DMA on from the commandline or terminal after bootup with:

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hdparm -d /dev/hda

No probs