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garlik42
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 Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2003 7:20 pm Post subject: Boot problems on Ultra 10 |
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While I had no problems booting off the 1.1 cd and installing the latest stage1 and bootstrap etc, I cannot seem to get the system to boot.
I have boot file system as hda1, root as hda2
I took the basic silo.conf file off the cdrom and changed the kernel name vmlinuz-2.4.20 and root file system to hda2
When silo boots, I get "Fatal error: Unable to open filesystem"
The boot file system is ext3
I am able to get the system to boot, if I type
1/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20 root=/dev/hda2
From the silo prompt.
Any ideas ?
Thanks
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mrgalihad
Tux's lil' helper
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I had to put the raw path to my device as the prom sees it, to get it to work....
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# Example of how can be silo.conf set up
partition = 3
root = /dev/hda3
timeout = 30
#password = __put_your_password_in_cleartext_here__
#restricted
default=linux
image = /vmlinux.gz
root = /dev/hda3
device=/pci@1f,0/ide@d/disk@0,0
partition=1
label = linux
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you exact system config may very though. Look at the device aliases that your prom uses. |
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Weeve
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| Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2003 11:02 am Post subject: |
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Hi garlik42,
Could you paste your silo.conf file and give us an idea of how you have your paritions setup on this drive?
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garlik42
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| Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2003 9:26 pm Post subject: simple problem my fault ... |
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my silo.conf file was in /boot
apparently the default location for silo is in /etc which is in a separate file system.
I had to use silo -c /boot/silo.conf
Now the system boots just fine.
Thanks for the clues!
Now on to getting my keyboard configured in X |
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mrgalihad
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| what version of X are you using? I've heard that several people are having keyboard issues with 4.3.0. I've been reluctant to upgrade bacuse of it, but I don't think that I should have many problems, because my keyboard and mouse are USB (SunBlade100) I just need to find the time to do it. (which includes the time of backing out if needed, I wish I could install two diff versions and then delete the other when I know the newer one works) |
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garlik42
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| Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2003 3:09 pm Post subject: Version of X |
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I am using the 4.2 X, I found some stuff on the net about getting the keyboard mapped correctly.
I now have everything I need to function running on the Ultra 10, now I will start fiddling with extras like sound. And actually getting some work done with the machine. |
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