The description requires 'rescue.gz' which only exists in isolinux on the 1.2 CDs. It took me a while to work this out. I think the install doc on that rescue image misdescribes how to install grub, it tells you to make menu.lst but not grub.conf. This took a while to figure out. All this installing on a system using PXE and pxelinux (Yeah I should write you an updated doc) Respect to the bug-wranglers: Fast feedback rocks! S.
Important: To ensure backwards compatibility with GRUB, make sure to make a link from grub.conf to menu.lst. You can do this by doing ln -s /boot/grub/grub.conf /boot/grub/menu.lst . That note takes care of the config file issue. As for rescue.gz, I searched for that in the doc and found no instances.
The rescue.gz image is quite clearly mentioned in the gentoo alternative installation guide as mentioned at http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/altinstall.xml Google finds the instance of 'rescue.gz' quite easily. I find it using Netscape's search facility. Perhaps there is another less easily available "alternative installation guide" which I have missed? This page is linked from http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/docs.xml, the top level gentoo documentation page. Please reopen and fix this bug.
so, all that is needed is a reference to the sym link?
The description requires 'rescue.gz' which only exists in isolinux on the 1.2 CDs. OK - please file a bug to the livecd folks. It took me a while to work this out. I think the install doc on that rescue image misdescribes how to install grub, it tells you to make menu.lst but not grub.conf. This took a while to figure out. I need more information please. ie quoted text, complete description, line numbers, etc.
Anything else on this bug? if not, I will close..
Well, it hasn't been fixed, but other than that, no, I think it's adequately described. The alternative install guide still references rescue.gz, which still only exists on the old (1.2) iso, which still has a broken description of grub.
Please file a bug to the livecd folks - I cannot do anything from my end.
I'll remove this information from the altinstall altogether; 1.2 versions are a bit old now, so I think it isn't really interesting for us to keep a document live which describes actions we will not test anymore. So in other words, obsoleted. However, a second opinion is appreciated.
Created attachment 19815 [details, diff] Patch to remove obsoleted chapter
patch reviewed
xmllint'd and committed.
