Re: [gentoo-user] Problems installing

[Daniel da Veiga <danieldaveiga@gmail.com>]

Well, if you use genkernel, it should automatically place the initrd
and the kernel image at your /boot (at least it does for me). Maybe
check your genkernel command to compile the kernel.

On 8/4/05, Stewart Taylor <stewarta.taylor@btopenworld.com> wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> I've been trying to install Gentoo. I
> want to see if Gentoo is for me so I've
> kept it simple. My first attempt I tried
> a stage1 install, as this failed the
> second time I tried a stage3 install, if
> it failed less time wasted. Both times I
> opted for a genkernel install,
> everything seemed OK, no error messages
> and all stages completed. However both
> times when I get to 7.d ls /boot/kernel*
> /boot/initrd* I get the same result both
> times:
> /boot/initrd*:no such file or directory
> /boot/kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.12-genkernel-r6
> 
> Taking the entry in the grub configure
> example as a guide I've searched for any
> initrd files just in case it's somewhere
> else the only entries are a couple of
> .gz files in /usr/man/man4 nothing else.
> 
> I could use some help to sort this out
> as I have no idea what to do.
> 
> TIA
> 
> Stewart
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> 
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