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From: Roger Mason <rmason@mun.ca>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] x86 boot failure
Date: Thu, 06 May 2010 10:08:42 -0230	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <y65zl0d8ast.fsf@perthite.esd.mun.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <z2s358eca8f1005060452l3cf391c3r4028f47c1fb52989@mail.gmail.com> (Mick's message of "Thu, 6 May 2010 12:52:55 +0100")

Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com> writes:

> On 6 May 2010 09:37, Roger Mason <rmason@mun.ca> wrote:
>>
>> Can anyone suggest how to debug this?
>
> When I get problems like this I usually run grub in a terminal and
> then use autocompletion to find out what grub sees:
>
> root (hd      <--tab
>
> it will list all partitions and hopefully help you find your boot partition.
>
> Then search for the kernel image:  kernel /boot/       <--tab
>
> If you have chosen the correct grub root partition you should find
> your kernel image in there.

I assume you mean to boot from the install CD then chroot into the new
install and run grub from bash?

Thanks,
Roger



  reply	other threads:[~2010-05-06 12:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 39+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-05-06  8:37 [gentoo-user] x86 boot failure Roger Mason
2010-05-06 11:52 ` Mick
2010-05-06 12:38   ` Roger Mason [this message]
2010-05-06 12:51     ` Mick
2010-05-06 13:03     ` Neil Bothwick
2010-05-06 13:34       ` Dale
2010-05-06 14:06         ` Neil Bothwick
2010-05-06 15:03           ` Dale
2010-05-06 15:25             ` Neil Bothwick
2010-05-06 16:03               ` Dale
2010-05-07  6:28                 ` Mick
2010-05-07  8:22                   ` Neil Bothwick
2010-05-06 14:19     ` Roger Mason
2010-05-09 21:46       ` Walter Dnes
2010-05-10 15:18         ` [gentoo-user] x86 boot failure [solved] Roger Mason
2010-05-07  8:51   ` [gentoo-user] x86 boot failure Peter Humphrey
2010-05-06 14:25 ` Stroller
2010-05-06 15:37   ` Roger Mason
2010-05-06 16:03     ` Helmut Jarausch
2010-05-06 16:48     ` Neil Bothwick
2010-05-07  7:07   ` Andrea Conti
2010-05-07 10:03     ` Roger Mason
2010-05-07 11:30       ` Helmut Jarausch
2010-05-07 13:33         ` Roger Mason
2010-05-08 14:16           ` [gentoo-user] Boot gentoo with GTP Disk label claude angéloz
2010-05-08 19:30             ` Mick
2010-05-10 16:01             ` Paul Hartman
2010-05-12 20:00               ` Mick
2010-05-12 20:47                 ` Paul Hartman
2010-05-12 21:47                   ` Mick
2010-05-12 21:59                     ` Paul Hartman
2010-05-12 22:22             ` [gentoo-user] " walt
2010-05-13 21:08               ` Stroller
2010-05-13 22:12                 ` Mick
2010-05-13 23:21                   ` walt
2010-05-14 11:34                     ` Tanstaafl
2010-05-14 12:23                       ` Neil Bothwick
2010-05-14 14:45                         ` Tanstaafl
2010-05-15 14:58                           ` walt

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