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BeyondFate · n00b Joined: 29 Mar 2003 Posts: 53

Hi all,
I started with Stage1 last night and have gone through the install process. Where I am stuck is in editing /etc/lilo.conf

I put in the information:
boot=/dev/hde1 (hde is correct for my setup)
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
prompt
timeout=3
lba32
default=Gentoo

image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20 (this is the line that gives me errors)
label=Gentoo
read-only
root=/dev/hde3

When i then run /sbin/lilo I get a fatal: open /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20 No file/dir

image is supposed to point to my kernel to boot. if the name of my kernel isn't vmlinuz-2.4.20 then how can i find it and put the correct name here?

everything else up until this point has worked, and i am understanding what i am doing so far which is good.

Thanks in advance,
BF

therobot · Apprentice Joined: 07 Jun 2002 Posts: 256 Location: Canada

if you followed all the instructions, it should be named bzImage

cyrillic · Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2003 2:54 am Post subject:

What do you get when you "ls -l /boot" ?

BeyondFate · n00b Joined: 29 Mar 2003 Posts: 53

Sorry, i forgot (important?) information. The kernel i emerged was Gentoo-source

thanks

BeyondFate · n00b Joined: 29 Mar 2003 Posts: 53

You 2 are FAST!
I tried bzImage, no luck, same error.

When i run ls -l /boot:
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root boot-> .
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root boot-bmp.b
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root boot-menu.b
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root boot-text.b
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root boot.b -> boot-menu.b
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root chain.b
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root grup
drwx------ 1 root root lost+found
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root mbr.b
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root os2_d.b

whew, a pain to type that out..

cyrillic · Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2003 3:33 am Post subject:

After you compile a kernel, you need to copy it to /boot

BeyondFate · n00b Joined: 29 Mar 2003 Posts: 53

I compliled the kernel, using menuconfig per the instructions. it worked great, i choose the parts I wanted to be included, it was great.

when i exited, i was careful to save it. now, when i go in the /usr/src folder, it is empty. Seems i don't have the kernel i configured available to copy over...

any ideas why that would be missing?

cyrillic · Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2003 4:02 am Post subject:

"make menuconfig" just sets up your .config file
Now you have to compile :

BeyondFate · n00b Joined: 29 Mar 2003 Posts: 53

i did that, i swear! i am trying different things now, i did find the bzImage and copy it over. i hadnt chroot'ed into my installation, i was still on the CD.

i emerge-C lilo and emerge grub to try that. not working yet, but iam plugging away at it. i think since i am on an ATA controller (onboard) it is giving me a bit more in the way of difficulties. never easy huh?

BeyondFate · n00b Joined: 29 Mar 2003 Posts: 53

well, i almost go it. grub boots up a bunch of stuff now. then, my kernel panics.

kernel panic: VFS: unable to mount root fs on 00:00
Please append a correct "root" boot option
VFS: Can not open root device "dev/hde3" or 00:00

I have some playing around to do, but my hard drive IS on hde
(ATA IDE onboard Controller)

hde1 -> boot
hde2 -> swap
hde3 -> root

my DVD drive, not on the onboard controller, is hda
and my cdburner, not on the onboard controller, is hdc.

getting closer and closer...

BeyondFate · n00b Joined: 29 Mar 2003 Posts: 53

for my filesystems, i used ext3 for the boot and reisierfs for my root.

could the filesystem be the problem? (ie, i forgot an arg for it in fstab or something?)

In watching it boot up carefully, it looks like my ATA Controller is seen and setup although its hard to tell with all the text whizzing by.

cyrillic · Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2003 4:29 am Post subject:

It could be a typo :

BeyondFate · n00b Joined: 29 Mar 2003 Posts: 53

YES!!!

A typo it was! I am in now (for the first time..exciting!)

cyrillic, i could kiss you

THANK YOU!