in the gentoo installation instruction, the grub.conf entry is described as kernel (hd0,0)/boot/bzImage root=/dev/hda3 it should be the following: kernel /bzImage root=/dev/hda3 this is because the root (hd0,0) line causes the /boot partition to be mounted as root during the grub initial stage (as I understand it). Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. edit grub.conf as explained in the documentation 2. reboot 3. Actual Results: returns to grub screen Expected Results: booted into linux
Well, per the grub doc's: kernel (hd0,0)/boot/bzImage root=/dev/hda3 Should translate to: boot the kernel /boot/bzImage which resides on the first partition of the first disk with a root that is the third partition of the first disk. So I don't see how boot could be mounted as root using that config unless /boot was actually not on the first partition. Are you sure you specified your partitions correctly in grub.conf? Marking this WORKSFORME.
