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Am installing gentoo. At Grub bootloader but can’t seem to find kernel, which is odd because it’s existence was verified before restarting the machine. There doesn’t seem to be a “root” or “kernel” command, nor “vmlinuz”. Hexdumping gpt1 and gpt2 (the only two partitions with recognizable file systems to grub) says they’re not bootable disks.

Edit: Made some progress—found the vmlinuz and initramfs with “ls (hd0, partition)/“. Used “linux” command and initrd to set and handle boot. Used “boot” to boot. Oddly enough, the partition with the correct filesystem for boot seems to require a rescue shell.

Here are the instructions I’m following: https://christitus.com/grub-rescue/

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    Does your system use a classic BIOS or is it a UEFI system? There are major differences in the boot process between the two. If it's a UEFI system, please run efibootmgr -v as root and edit the output into your question. Also, please add a link to the instructions you're following or otherwise describe exactly what you're doing. Your talk about hexdumping partitions indicates you may be knowledgeable about BIOS-style boot process, but if your system is UEFI, much of that knowledge will no longer apply.
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  • What does “mount all partitions” mean using the gentoo livecd? Don’t have to download a new tarball, right?
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Use this checklist to troubleshoot common booting problems [with Gentoo]:

  1. Ensure that your vmlinuz and initrd/initramfs are present on boot partition, not /boot directory on root filesystem.
  2. Boot with Gentoo Live CD, mount all partitions, chroot and regenerate Grub config with grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg (from chroot).
  3. Use parted or fdisk to enable ESP (EFI System Partition) flag on your boot partition. After this, reboot.
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Hexdumping gpt1 and gpt2 (the only two partitions with recognizable file systems to grub) says they’re not bootable disks.

you can change the boot flag with gparted (sorry i don't know how to this with command line, but the answer is here: Set Bootable Partition Command Line)

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