Hey druuna , Nevermind that problem . but its seems like i am facing another problem ...

when i type this command

grub-install --grub-setup=/bin/true /dev/hda <--with my boot drive being hda1 according to cfdisk command and fdisk -l

i get this error

EXT2-fs error (device dm-0): ext2_get_inode: unable to read inode block - inode=67043, block=131121
Installation finished. No error reported

When ran the command again ...it didn't show the error but after i follow the instruction through and shutdown n restart it works fine except it reaches to reading hda1 its says something like vfs.ext3 unable to read directory ....[fail]

n btw what did u mean by "Both sda and hda are used, but sda is more common. That's why sda is used in the LFS book (you using a virtual machine might complicate things a bit, but that is a later concern if it shows up at all).
"

hey i got it to start up but after welcome grub n booting i get this error after awhile as shown in screenshot.jpg

http://www.freeimagehosting.net/3ff18

But after go edit grub n change root=/sda1 (sumthing lyk dat)


i get the following error as shown in screenshot1

http://www.freeimagehosting.net/8d2b2

Please HElp thank you again

Hi,

Looking at your last screenshot (this one) I do believe that grub should point to sdaX and not hdaX. Check and edit your /boot/grub/grub.cfg file, do _not_ run the grub-install --grub-setup=/bin/t..... again!

I also assume that you need to edit your /etc/fstab file: Also change hda into sda.

Depending on your kernel settings hard drives/partitions can show up as sda or hda. hda is the "old" way of representing hd's, sda is the newer preferred one.

Hope this helps.

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Hey thanx figured it out awhile back and yeah you were right ...btw when booting it says " interface eth0 doesn't exist " should that be a problem ???

Hi,
You're welcome

This probably points to the fact that your network card isn't found when booting. Check to see what your VM uses and check/edit your kernel configuration to activate that specific card.

Hope this helps.

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ok i will do that and get back to you ....thank you again ...I am going to start over onces i am finished with this ...u to learn from my mistakes :P

You're welcome