From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.54) id 1FDWLV-0005dj-2J for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 27 Feb 2006 00:34:37 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id k1R0WWO3018903; Mon, 27 Feb 2006 00:32:32 GMT Received: from yourcakes.com ([209.83.200.27]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id k1R0MsjR025171 for ; Mon, 27 Feb 2006 00:22:55 GMT Received: (qmail 3497 invoked by uid 7802); 27 Feb 2006 00:27:27 -0000 Date: 27 Feb 2006 00:27:27 -0000 Message-ID: <20060227002727.3496.qmail@yourcakes.com> From: "Pete" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] system boot References: <> In-Reply-To: <> X-Mailer: oMail 0.98.5 - http://webmail.omnis.ch X-IPAddress: 68.75.113.124 X-Sender: pi2list@pi2tech.com Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 X-Archives-Salt: a2dee8a6-7d86-41aa-9ec1-2b1fbe719479 X-Archives-Hash: eab54d5fa1276502d7cda501e3457f2b I see your point Here's /etc/fstab ----------------------- # NOTE: If your BOOT partition is ReiserFS, add the notail option to opts. /dev/hda1 /boot reiserfs noauto,noatime,notail 1 1 /dev/hda7 / reiserfs noatime 0 0 /dev/hda6 none swap sw 0 0 /dev/hda5 /tmp reiserfs noatime 0 0 /dev/hda2 /home reiserfs noatime 0 0 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,ro,users 0 0 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,users 0 0 proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 ----------------------- lilo.conf has ---------------------- image = /boot/bzImage root = /dev/hda7 label = Gentoo ---------------------- Also, note that ------------------------- yababa root # /sbin/lilo -t Fatal: open /boot/bzImage: No such file or directory yababa root # ------------------------- If the root for boot was changed, lilo should have found the /boot/bzImage. Also, I did --------------------------- yababa root # find / -name bzImage /usr/src/linux-2.4.19-gentoo-r9/arch/i386/boot/bzImage /usr/src/linux-2.4.19-gentoo-r10/arch/i386/boot/bzImage yababa root # ---------------------------- I am not sure where is the /boot/bzImage that shows up in the lilo.conf file. Appreciate help. Regards Pete ------------------------- On Sun, 26 Feb 2006 18:02:07 -0600, "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." wrote : > On Sunday 26 February 2006 17:51, "Pete" wrote about > '[gentoo-user] system boot': > > This is what I don't understand > > > > ------------------ > > > > yababa root # ls -l /boot/ > > total 1272 > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 483904 Feb 26 04:56 > > System.map-2.4.19r10AR lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1 Jan 12 > > 2003 boot -> . -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 814688 Feb 26 04:40 > > bzImageAR yababa root # > > > > --------------------- > > > > boot points to itself. > > That's pretty standard. From my system: > > # mount /boot > # ls /boot/boot -l > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1 Jan 30 10:46 /boot/boot -> . > # umount /boot > # ls /boot -l > total 0 > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1 Aug 6 2005 boot -> . > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 80 Jan 31 09:29 grub > > Not really sure why that grub directory is in there... > > > Before I copied the System.map-2.4.19r10AR and > > bzImageAR, there was nothing in there. > > > > How does the system boot? ? ? > > Could boot be on a separate partition? Check /etc/fstab. > > -- > "If there's one thing we've established over the years, > it's that the vast majority of our users don't have the slightest > clue what's best for them in terms of package stability." > -- Gentoo Developer Ciaran McCreesh > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > > > -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list