I used the handbook at the link you sent, every time. Neither Grub or Lilo boot the system. Well the boot loaders start but Gentoo never gets far. using Lilo I see something like "starting gentoo......" something about the bios being ok then "reboot" Grub just reboots... This is my test machine, the machine I install on first so I get a feel for what I'm doing. My production machine is in need of a hard disk caddy. So I get to play a little before I do the real install. FYI... I installed Slack 9 on the machine and it worked just fine I'm installing RH 8.0 on it as I write this eMail I'm going to install Debian on it next Linux will run on this machine but I'm not sure the Gentoo distribution will run on it. Sam. Andrei Bazhgin wrote: >Not to get on you're case or anything, and I understand that one can have >problems time to time with installation, but Have never installed a Linux distro >(sutch as Gentoo) where one has to do a lot of manual configuration sutch as >setting up a partition scheme or installing a bootloader up intil recently. What >a mouthfull ;) I followed the manual, steb by step and everything installed >fine. Here I am using Gentoo at its fullest, emerging the latest software. > >On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 09:00:45AM -0600, Samuel MacDonald wrote: > > >>Have I tried Gentoo for the last time? >> >>I've followed the instructions to the letter >> >> > >I had some problems installing at first too, then I discovered that I was >following the wrong instructions. If you got the LiveCD, it has the out-date >installation instructions (known as the ``Gentoo Linux 1.4 Installation >Instructions'' that you can find at >http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86-install.xml. The latest and >most updated installation instructions are located in the Gentoo Handbook. Take >a poke at them at http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook.xml?part=1 > > > >>I've used the "printed" instructions as a check list to install >>I've used both Grub and Lilo as the boot loader >> Lilo is the present boot loader >> >> > >Use GRUB. Unless you have a non-x86 archetecture then GRUB is the only >bootloader that you _should_ use. You can use LILO, but even the documentation >advices to stick to GRUB. > > > >>I get the same results with either boot loader >>Reboot, Reboot, Reboot >> >>I've booted with the CD to look at the files to see if I fat fingered >> nope... >>I've looked at lilo.conf and fstab >> >> > >As I said, GRUB ;) > > > >>I've changed settings of the both and put them back >> nothing wrong... according to the instructions >> >>I just can't figure out what I've done that prevents this from working. >>I want this to work but it's now become a joke that it doesn't work >>I've installed from scratch 5 times and I get the same results every time. >> >>I know your all thinking "what's he doing wrong, the dope!" I've followed >>the instructions from the Gentoo website to the letter. >> >>The only thing I can think of that may be causing this, is that I used >>dban to >>wipe this disk before I started. >> >>Sam. >> >> > >Good luck man, just take things slow and dont get frustrated over a silly >computer. > > > >>IMHO >>I believe that any average user would have put M$ on this machine >> >> > >... or read and did exactly what was told on the documentation :) > > > >>by this time. >> >>_______________________________________________ >>TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >>http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org >>https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list