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From: Roger Mason <rmason@mun.ca>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] x86 boot failure
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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