From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KxFZh-0003cj-9j for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 04 Nov 2008 06:39:37 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 875B3E02AC; Tue, 4 Nov 2008 06:39:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from eu1sys200aob110.obsmtp.com (eu1sys200aob014.obsmtp.com [207.126.144.118]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C850E02AC for ; Tue, 4 Nov 2008 06:39:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from source ([203.191.3.111]) (using TLSv1) by eu1sys200aob014.postini.com ([207.126.147.11]) with SMTP; Tue, 04 Nov 2008 06:39:29 UTC Received: from hkjumxcs101.zone1.scb.net (hkjumxcs101.zone1.scb.net [10.20.214.161]) by px576.standardchartered.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.8) with ESMTP id mA46dS3r025560 for ; Tue, 4 Nov 2008 14:39:28 +0800 Received: from lkcysxmb301.zone3.scb.net ([10.172.40.117]) by hkjumxcs101.zone1.scb.net with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Tue, 4 Nov 2008 14:39:28 +0800 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: RE: [gentoo-user] Cant boot my installed gentoo system - Please help Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 12:09:26 +0530 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <200811040735.00529.volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: [gentoo-user] Cant boot my installed gentoo system - Please help Thread-Index: Ack+R7Qp8LSptXauSQeH3WN1U3W9dAAAEFAw References: <200811040735.00529.volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de> From: "Lorenzu Hewa, Gayan Neomal" To: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 04 Nov 2008 06:39:28.0523 (UTC) FILETIME=[160C1DB0:01C93E48] X-Archives-Salt: 7ed00ccb-db9f-4bea-bd92-80fc4f213662 X-Archives-Hash: d6177d4f1d5c667ca87373907c86e34c Thanks & Regards, =20 Gayan Lorenzu Hewa | Sub Officer | Wholesale Banking Corporate Service Center | Standard Chartered Bank=20 (: 0115-397335): 0773-652003 6: 0115-397337 *: GayanNeomal.LorenzuHewa@standardchartered.com=20 =20 =20 -----Original Message----- From: Volker Armin Hemmann [mailto:volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de] Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 12:05 PM To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Cant boot my installed gentoo system - Please help 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,=20 you need to bind mount dev to your chroots dev first. And there is no reason to redo the installation. Grub is sometimes REALLY=20 annoying to setup. But usually it works as long as you are staying close to=20 the tutorial in info grub. "/dev is populated by udev. If you chroot from a livecd,=20 you need to bind mount dev to your chroots dev first." 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