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hd0is correct. I believe your issue her is that you have not embedded the boot sector code in the boot block. See this Gentoo Wiki Entry. Follow the Configuration Section for BIOS/MBR/dev/loop0is a CDROM type device. See WikiPedia, and you can't install a bootloader on a Read-only device.grub-install --no-floppy /dev/loop0indicates that you attemped to install the bootsector code as an appendage to the image file. QEMU does not see the image file because it is treating the image as the hard diskhd0as noted by your rescue prompt. You need to mount the image in a working system on the loop device like an ISO without the RO flag, create a boot directory in the image, rungrub-install, pointed at the mount point of the image, unmount and reboot QEMU. This is one of the reasons I use VirtualBox.