Q: Im not sure what to do at all . the only thing I could otherwise benefit from the Install Guide was used reiserfs instead of ext2 . it says it can not find the picture: (
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Re:Also, why not just compile support for your NIC into the kernel, save you some headaches.
Because modules are more flexible, for instance the only way to reload the NIC driver if it's static is to reboot which is stupid.
Re:Yeah you need to make sure that /boot is mounted when you compile your kernel. Also, why not just compile support for your NIC into the kernel, save you some headaches. From the livecd type lspci to get the model number of your NIC, take down this information, then go into your kernel and type Y when you get to your network card (to include in the kernel)
Re:I was just about to post that I managed to fix the problem, my grub.conf was definitely incorrect, but it so happens I also forgot to actually install the kernel. There are all kinds of things I apparently still need to do though… right now I'm trying to figure out why my ethernet card (eth0) does not exist. I thought the manual's instructions allowed for all of the modules to load on boot.
Re:Originally posted by: guy
Well, here is what I have…
my system is setup like this
/dev/hda1 is /boot and it's reiserfs
/dev/hda2 is swap
/dev/hda3 is / and it's reiserfs
now here is my current grub.conf
default 0
timeout 30
splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title=Gentoo Linux 2.6.12-r10
root(hd0,0)
kernel /boot/kernel-2.6.12-gentoo-r10 root=/dev/hda3
You don't need the bolded part because hda1 is already /boot. Therefore, upon mount your kernel line would attempt to look for /boot/boot/kernel-2.6.12-gentoo-r10.
To fix this replace the current kernel line with:
kernel /kernel-2.6.12-gentoo-r10 root=/dev/hda3
Re:Well, here is what I have…
my system is setup like this
/dev/hda1 is /boot and it's reiserfs
/dev/hda2 is swap
/dev/hda3 is / and it's reiserfs
now here is my current grub.conf
default 0
timeout 30
splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title=Gentoo Linux 2.6.12-r10
root(hd0,0)
kernel /boot/kernel-2.6.12-gentoo-r10 root=/dev/hda3
Now, one thing I noticed…. when I take a look in boot, it only has two folders… boot and grub… I don't see the kernel anywhere 
Did I someone fail to properly install it?
Thanks again
Re:Hey thanks so much for the help. I had to go to sleep, but I'll get right on to trying these things, if I can't get it working I'll post what I have.
Thanks again! 
EDIT: guy, sprechen Sie deutsch?
Re:If you are unsure how to fix your grub.conf, post what you have and I'll edit it for you. Also please post the dev names of your hard drives (/dev/hd*)
Re:Lucky for you I run Gentoo too. Put the install CD back in, mount your partitions, chroot in and then edit the config.
mount /dev/hdax /mnt/gentoo
mount /dev/hdax /mnt/gentoo/boot
Replace x of course with your hdd
cd /mnt/gentoo
mount -t proc none /mnt/gentoo/proc
mount -o bind /dev /mnt/gentoo/dev
chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash
env-update
source /etc/profile
export PS1="(chroot) $PS1"
Now you're in and ready to go all you need to do now is cd /boot/grub, or I forgot cd /mnt/gentoo/boot/grub
Edit the config and then reboot!
ALOHA
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