[gentoo-user]ask for installation help!

[gentoo-user]ask for installation help!

[Giant Y]

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Hello, I am a Debian user and now want to try gentoo.

Firstly, I install gentoo in Virtual box for practice. I follow the "quick
install guide" on http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86-quickinstall.xml.
Unluckily, this guide cannot help me install gentoo successfully.

The problem is Grub2 cannot boot correct.

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When the system starts, it enters the grub2 console.

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I tried to boot manually, but failed.


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​Please help me!

-> posted by  *Giant Y*

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Re: [gentoo-user]ask for installation help!

[Paul Klos]

Op vrijdag, november 21, 2014 14:57:57 schreef Giant Y:
> Hello, I am a Debian user and now want to try gentoo.
> 
> Firstly, I install gentoo in Virtual box for practice. I follow the "quick
> install guide" on http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86-quickinstall.xml.
> Unluckily, this guide cannot help me install gentoo successfully.
> 
> The problem is Grub2 cannot boot correct.
> 
> The following picture show all items in /boot directory.
> 
> When the system starts, it enters the grub2 console.
> 
> ​
> I tried to boot manually, but failed.
> 
> 
> ​
> ​Please help me!
> 
> -> posted by  *Giant Y*
You should follow the grub setup from the handbook, the quick install guide 
describes legacy grub.

I'm running Gentoo inside Virtualbox. I had to add

GRUB_PLATFORMS="pc"

to /etc/portage/make.conf to make grub2-install work.

Cheers,

Paul

Re: [gentoo-user]ask for installation help!

[wraeth]

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On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 02:57:57PM +0800, Giant Y wrote:
>    Firstly, I install gentoo in Virtual box for practice. I follow the "quick
>    install guide"
>    onA http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86-quickinstall.xml. Unluckily,

I would actually recommend going through the handbook for your first
install of Gentoo anyway, since it does provide a nice introduction to
the key mechanics of Gentoo.

There's also some very useful information about Gentoo (introduction to
portage, for example) in part two of the handbook.

That being said, I don't think it caters to VirtualBox environments
specifically, so Paul's note on setting GRUB_PLATFORMS should be used
too.

Cheers;
-- 
wraeth <wraeth@wraeth.id.au>
GnuPG Key: B2D9F759

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Re: [gentoo-user]ask for installation help!

[Giant Y]

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Thank you.
The problem solved.


-> posted by  *Giant Y*

On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 6:34 PM, wraeth <wraeth@wraeth.id.au> wrote:

> On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 02:57:57PM +0800, Giant Y wrote:
> >    Firstly, I install gentoo in Virtual box for practice. I follow the
> "quick
> >    install guide"
> >    onA http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86-quickinstall.xml.
> Unluckily,
>
> I would actually recommend going through the handbook for your first
> install of Gentoo anyway, since it does provide a nice introduction to
> the key mechanics of Gentoo.
>
> There's also some very useful information about Gentoo (introduction to
> portage, for example) in part two of the handbook.
>
> That being said, I don't think it caters to VirtualBox environments
> specifically, so Paul's note on setting GRUB_PLATFORMS should be used
> too.
>
> Cheers;
> --
> wraeth <wraeth@wraeth.id.au>
> GnuPG Key: B2D9F759
>

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Re: [gentoo-user]ask for installation help!

[J. Roeleveld]

On Friday, November 21, 2014 09:34:30 PM wraeth wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 02:57:57PM +0800, Giant Y wrote:
> >    Firstly, I install gentoo in Virtual box for practice. I follow the
> >    "quick
> >    install guide"
> >    onA http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86-quickinstall.xml.
> >    Unluckily,
> 
> I would actually recommend going through the handbook for your first
> install of Gentoo anyway, since it does provide a nice introduction to
> the key mechanics of Gentoo.

Actually, I wouldn't use the "quickinstall" guide in its current state.
The end-result is different from the recommended options in the current 
install-guide.
To do it quick, I would skip the text and just follow the commands.

For a first-time install, do read the entire manual, it explains why certain 
commands are run.

> There's also some very useful information about Gentoo (introduction to
> portage, for example) in part two of the handbook.

+1

> That being said, I don't think it caters to VirtualBox environments
> specifically, so Paul's note on setting GRUB_PLATFORMS should be used
> too.

I use VirtualBox on my laptop for testing and haven't had to add anything to 
GRUB_PLATFORMS ever.

--
Joost

Re: [gentoo-user]ask for installation help!

[Paul Klos]

Op vrijdag, november 21, 2014 14:06:24 schreef J. Roeleveld:
> 
> I use VirtualBox on my laptop for testing and haven't had to add anything to
> GRUB_PLATFORMS ever.

Strange, I couldn't get grub2-install to run without diving into 
GRUB_PLATFORMS.

I installed not too long ago and I've had to re-emerge grub a few times with 
different settings until it finally agreed to install itself.

Come to think of it, I may have started out with my desktop copy of make.conf, 
which is configured for EFI boot.

I might have a go without GRUB_PLATFORMS altogether and see what happens.

Paul

Re: [gentoo-user]ask for installation help!

[J. Roeleveld]

On Fri, November 21, 2014 15:35, Paul Klos wrote:
> Op vrijdag, november 21, 2014 14:06:24 schreef J. Roeleveld:
>>
>> I use VirtualBox on my laptop for testing and haven't had to add
>> anything to
>> GRUB_PLATFORMS ever.
>
> Strange, I couldn't get grub2-install to run without diving into
> GRUB_PLATFORMS.
>
> I installed not too long ago and I've had to re-emerge grub a few times
> with
> different settings until it finally agreed to install itself.
>
> Come to think of it, I may have started out with my desktop copy of
> make.conf,
> which is configured for EFI boot.
>
> I might have a go without GRUB_PLATFORMS altogether and see what happens.
>
> Paul

Unless specifically mentioned, VirtualBox does not use EFI.
That could easily be the difference we are seeing.

--
Joost

Re: [gentoo-user]ask for installation help!

[Philip Webb]

141121 Giant Y wrote:
> Hello, I am a Debian user and now want to try Gentoo.

The first of many, hopefully (grin) !

Others have quickly helped you solve your problem, as is typical here,
but there is also the long-standing Lilo, which continues to suit me.
I don't know whether it has any difficulties with Virtual Box.

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