Bug 72800

Summary:	[it] Example error on grub configuration for genkernel users
Product:	Websites	Reporter:	Marco Mescalchin <meska>
Component:	[OLD] Documentation	Assignee:	Marco Mascherpa (RETIRED) <mascherpa>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	normal	CC:	docs-team
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://www.gentoo.org/doc/it/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=10
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Marco Mescalchin 2004-11-29 03:27:38 UTC

The example on the kernel configuration for genkernel users miss ramdisk=XXXX on this line:
kernel /kernel-2.4.25-gentoo root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc real_root=/dev/hda3

(as a grub newbie i lost a lot of time looking around why gentoo halt on startup:)

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
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Expected Results:  
please correct with 
kernel /kernel-2.4.25-gentoo root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc ramdisk=8192
real_root=/dev/hda3

Comment 1 Marco Mescalchin 2004-11-29 03:28:48 UTC

i forgot to mention that the bug is in italian translation of the handbook

Comment 2 Marco Mascherpa (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-03-31 14:17:50 UTC

Hi,
maybe you're looking at an old version of the manual..
the ramdisk setting is not missing on the bootloader page.

Am i missing something?

Comment 3 Henrique Dias 2005-04-04 04:10:08 UTC

Remove grub and install grub-static.
I don't have problem's with grub-static.

Comment 4 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-07-01 04:28:27 UTC

Not missing if I can read. ;) Closing.