"Jay \"Boogieman\" Edwards" <boogie350@NOSPAMyahoo.com> writes:

> walt <wa1ter@hotmail.com> wrote in news:864qtvkg34.fsf@hotmail.com:
>
> > "Jay \"Boogieman\" Edwards" <boogie350@NOSPAMyahoo.com> writes:
> >
> >> ...if I umount /boot (hdb1) as root, there is also a
> >> /boot directory in the / partition (hdb2). There is a kernel in there
> >> as well as a map and a couple boot.xxx files.
> >
> > Okay, this is important, because there is no reason to have any files
> > in the /boot directory of the root partition.
> >
> > Those files got there somehow by accident. I would not feel at ease
> > until the system boots without any of those files being present.
> >
> > What are the names of those files in /boot (when your /boot partition
> > is NOT mounted?). Maybe that would give a clue about which step your
> > installation went astray.
> >
> Okay... well I was just musing this whole situation over with my co-admin
> here... The ACPI being disabled seems to have had some odd effects on
> both windoze and Gentoo. so we decided it's best just to SLAM this box
> and start over from scratch, with separate hard drives for each OS to
> keep things organized.

I don't think it is necessary, but it never hurts to start over and
re-read the docs for the umpteenth time (heh, or the first time) as
you go ;0)