RE: [coLinux-users] help setting up a dual boot system

[Leeuw v. d. T. <tim...@nl...>]

Which version of coLinux are you using, actually? 0.6.1, or the later =
snapshots? Is your boot-device /dev/cobd0, or /dev/cobd/0 ?

--Tim

-----Original Message-----
From: col...@li...
[mailto:col...@li...]On Behalf Of Samir
Kuthiala
Sent: donderdag 1 juli 2004 11:51
To: Peng
Cc: col...@li...
Subject: Re: [coLinux-users] help setting up a dual boot system


I have already tried that. no difference. It stops at loading the root
partition which is pretty funny considering that afterwards it throws
me into the "Repair Filesystem" shell. And I can see the entire linux
partition and browse through it from within co-linux.

On Thu, 1 Jul 2004 05:43:54 -0400, Peng <rin...@gm...> wrote:
>=20
> Try:
>=20
> <block_device index=3D"0" path=3D"\Device\HarddiskVolume3" =
enabled=3D"true"
> />
>=20
> And disable your swap partition.  Once the basic system works you can =
keep going
> and add the swap thing...
>=20
> Good luck,
>=20
> Peng
>=20
>=20
> On Thu, 1 Jul 2004 17:35:41 +0800, Samir Kuthiala
> <sam...@gm...> wrote:
> >
> > Hi
> >
> > I have been trying to get the colinux to work on my dual boot system
> > (win2k pro + RH9) for the last few days but with no success. heres a
> > summary of what I have done so far
> >
> > 1. create /dev/cobd0 to /dev/cobd7 using mknod
> > 2. installed colinux 0.6.1without downloading the Debian/Gentoo =
image.
> > modified the config file to this...
> > =
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
> > <colinux>
> >        <block_device index=3D"0" path=3D"\Device\HarddiskVolume2" =
enabled=3D"true" />
> >         <block_device index=3D"1" path=3D"\Device\HarddiskVolume3" =
enabled=3D"true" />
> >    <bootparams>root=3D/dev/cobd0</bootparams>
> >    <image path=3D"vmlinux" />
> >    <memory size=3D"64" />
> >    <network index=3D"0" type=3D"tap" name=3D"tap" />
> > </colinux>
> > =
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
> > 3. copied the kernel modules packaged along with colinux into the
> > /lib/modules dir
> >
> > I then tried to boot the colinux. failed with some error about =
unable
> > to locate /dev/hda3 (thats my root partition). I assumed this was =
due
> > to me not having modified fstab. I then modified fstab to remove all
> > references to /dev/hd* and added in /dev/cobd0 (as root) and
> > /dev/cobd1 as swap. However the bootup sequence still fails with =
some
> > error message about invalid superblock.
> >
> > I have gone through the website/forums/wiki and am just about to =
give
> > up. Can somebody help me figure out whats going wrong?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Samir
> >=20
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