I don't know if this is intentional, or I am missing something, but it seems that the kernel and initrd paths in the code listing 3 and 4, example grub confs in the handbook page: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=10 Are wrong. At least they didn't work for me while following the install. The paths read: kernel /kernel-2.6.11-gentoo-r3 root=/dev/hda3 and kernel /kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.11-gentoo-r3 root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc ramdisk=8192 real_root=/dev/hda3 udev initrd /initramfs-genkernel-x86-2.6.11-gentoo-r3 But to make grub work for me they had to be: kernel /boot/kernel-2.6.11-gentoo-r3 root=/dev/hda3 or: kernel /boot/kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.11-gentoo-r3 root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc ramdisk=8192 real_root=/dev/hda3 udev initrd /boot/initramfs-genkernel-x86-2.6.11-gentoo-r3 Unless I missed something in the install? Douglas Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3.
You are missing the fact that in handbook example there's a separate boot partition in /dev/hda1, which is mounted at /boot/, so the path /kernel-.. does point to correct kernel related to root directory of this partition. (ie. (hd0,0)/kernel- points to /boot/kernel- when using the handbook's partitioning model.) Of course directory /boot/ should always have redundant symlink 'boot -> .', so defining the kernel image always as /boot/kernel-... will work more often than the example in current handbooks, but I don't know if this kind of symlink trickery will confuse people, so I'll want another opinion before closing or fixing anyways :-)
trinity ~ # cat /boot/grub/grub.conf default 0 timeout 10 splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz title=Gentoo Linux 2.6.12-gentoo root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.12-gentoo root=/dev/hda5 acpi=force vga=794 Works like a charm, followed the handbook, seperate /boot partition. I'm marking this INVALID, reopen if you have more concrete info.
