lilo prob

Manuuz · Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2003 6:38 pm Post subject: lilo prob

Hi,

i began from stage1
bootstrap,.....,compile kernel, edit lilo.conf
ok, i reboot , but i see my old lilo (when i had suse), how do i remove him?

another question: when partitioning i did: mkreiserfs /dev/hda4
en now i see it is xfs ?? is this normal?
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michaelb · Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2003 6:52 pm Post subject:

after editing lilo.conf you need to run

Manuuz · Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2003 8:19 pm Post subject:

in /etc/fstab is see it.

ok thanks for your reply, i'm now under win
what should i do? reboot with the install cd of gentoo and type the command you gave me?
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michaelb · Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2003 8:29 pm Post subject:

You need to modify /etc/fstab to match your system, it is not an automatically created file.

Yes, you will need to boot with the install CD. Once you've booted up, you will want to mount partitions, chroot into a shell on the mounted partitions, then modify the /etc/fstab file to meet your system and run /sbin/lilo to imbed the loader on your MBR. If you want more specific instructions than that, you'll need to give me more info on your system, like how many partitions you have, what disks they are on, the filesystems you are using, etc.

HTH,
Michael

Manuuz · Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2003 8:34 pm Post subject:

i have couple partitions

/dev/hda1 ntfs win2000
/dev/hda2 boot ext3
/dev/hda3 swap
/dev/hda4 reiserfs

how do i croot?
boot with cd?
and what is the next step?
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Manuuz · Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2003 8:35 pm Post subject:

one more important question :
in lilo.conf you see:
image=/boot/bootimagez <-- "bootimage" i need to change that, but in what? something like vmlinuz-2.4.20 ?
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michaelb · Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2003 8:52 pm Post subject:

Okay, so here's what you want to do. Boot off the install CD and when you get to the root prompt do the following:

Manuuz · Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2003 8:55 pm Post subject:

i don't have a folder vmlinuz...
is bootimage also good?
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michaelb · Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2003 8:57 pm Post subject:

what do you see when you type

Manuuz · Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2003 9:11 pm Post subject:

i see
boot -> .
boot-menu.be
boot-text.be
boot.b -> boot-menu.be
chain.be
grub
lost+found
mbr.b
os2_.be
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michaelb · Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2003 9:16 pm Post subject:

Uuuuuhhhhh... you did compile a kernel, right?

Manuuz · Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2003 9:22 pm Post subject:

yes i did...
should i recompile the kernel again?
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michaelb · Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2003 9:28 pm Post subject:

maybe you just didn't copy the kernel image from where it got compiled. Try

Manuuz · Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2003 11:16 am Post subject:

ok, tx , that worked for me.

Now i rebooted
and i get some messages:
something about netmount
eth 0 could not be setup

so i couldn't ping anymore, strange, while installing i could ping.
after a while i could ping again, don't know what i did, tried a few modprobe's... but i have a sitecom networkcard 10/10Mbps..
don't find it in /kernel/drivers/net...3com and stuff i see, but sitecom i don't see, which i find strange, because on the box of the sitecom networkcard it says it's supported by linux.

So what about netmount?
eth 0 -> will be for my networkcard prob...
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Manuuz · Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2003 12:01 pm Post subject:

Can somebody explain how it is possible, when i start installing gentoo, he detects my networkcard automaticly, till /sbin/lilo, I reboot, then he can't bring eth0 up..how come? maybe when i compiled kernel, i insterted to many network card drivers into the kernel?
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michaelb · Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2003 6:02 pm Post subject:

When you boot off the install CD the kernel that is being used is the one included on that CD. So, if your kernel doesn't contain support for a given piece of hardware, and the install CD does, then it would work only when booting from the CD. Try posting your nic card specs and we can try and help you get the right setup in your kernel.

Michael

Manuuz · Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2003 11:23 am Post subject:

i have a sitecom fast networkcard (10/100mbps)
but the chipset? how can i find wich chipset he uses, i think i read somewhere it would be a realteck chipset.. should i just open up my pc, and do i see which chipset it is on the networkcard itself?
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Manuuz · Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2003 9:18 am Post subject:

up
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puggy · Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2003 10:53 am Post subject:

michaelb · Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2003 9:32 pm Post subject:

Since we worked through your boot problem, I might suggest you want to start a new thread titled something along the lines of "What module for a sitecom fast network card?" I don't know, but someone else here might...

Michael

arkhan_jg · Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2003 12:21 am Post subject:

According to tuxmobil, that card is a supported pcmcia card.
http://www.tuxmobil.org/pcmcia_ci10335.html

Pcmcia cards require a little more work than pci ethernet cards to get working, but if it works when booted off the livecd, then it should hopefully be fairly painless.

https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=26716

Is a great thread on how to get pcmcia cards running.
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