So anyway, it was like, 21:57 CET Dec 04 2003, you know? Oh, and, yeah,
Jakob Rohde was all like, "Dude,

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> root (hd0,0)
>
> Filesystem type is etx2fs, partition type 0x83
> kernel (hd0,0)/boot/kernel-2.4.20-gentoo-r8 root=/dev/hda3
>
> Error 15: File not found.

What does your partition table look like? Is there a /boot on hda1?

(If you've created a separate boot partition, you don't actually need
the /boot part of the path, you can just make it "/kernel.." since
the image will be at the root of that partition. There's usually a
/boot/boot symlink, pointing back to /boot, so that you can use either
method.)

Did you copy the kernel image to that file name, or do you by any
chance have a "bzImage" in /boot instead? Are you certain you had
/boot mounted when you did copy it, or did the kernel actually end up
in the mount point on your root partition instead?

> The image is distorted, and when I press enter, I get the boot menu,
> but the image is even worse and the is no splash image.

This probably isn't related. What you can do at that point (the boot
menu) tho is to get a grub "shell" prompt and use it to see what's on
the partitions and try to find your boot image that way.

As far as the weird graphics, I dunno. I have them too on one of my
boxen, but since it doesn't normally have a monitor attached, I don't
care so much. I'm guessing some compatibility issues with grub and the
cheap nvidia card in it.

hth.

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