From: Volker Armin Hemmann <volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Cant boot my installed gentoo system - Please help
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 07:35:00 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200811040735.00529.volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <A09C649FB45C9046902D44205498F0EA037AB12A@lkcysxmb301.zone3.scb.net>
On Dienstag 04 November 2008, Lorenzu Hewa, Gayan Neomal wrote:
> Hi
> I am new to Gentoo. My previous experience is with slackware . I
> Downloaded the Live CD and installed Gentoo twice .. but the problem is
> Grub is not installed. I have a dual boot with Widowz and Grub for dos
> ... So I tried it using the grub console
>
> >root (hd0,4)
> >kernel (hd0,4)/ --> and when I tab here I cant list the content.
>
> So I used the live CD and chrooted to the installed environment . there
> I realized that I don't have any files for my hdd in the /dev/ folder
> ... Is this the issue... Please advise me . Cuz I went trough the
> installation twice ..,
no. This is normal. /dev is populated by udev. If you chroot from a livecd,
you need to bind mount dev to your chroots dev first.
And there is no reason to redo the installation. Grub is sometimes REALLY
annoying to setup. But usually it works as long as you are staying close to
the tutorial in info grub.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-11-04 6:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-11-04 5:54 [gentoo-user] Cant boot my installed gentoo system - Please help Lorenzu Hewa, Gayan Neomal
2008-11-04 6:35 ` Volker Armin Hemmann [this message]
2008-11-04 6:39 ` Lorenzu Hewa, Gayan Neomal
2008-11-04 7:19 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
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