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[Devil-linux-develop] lilo initdr question

[<ma...@si...>]

hi
i try to boot devil from a ext2 partition.
for this i do the  following things:
- formate my hdb1 with ext 2
- copy all devil cd content to hdb1
- config lilo on hda1 to boot vmlinuz on hdb1

everything run (it does boot the kernel) until it try to mount the initrd.
then i get some errors.

i think the problem is in my lilo config that look like this:


----------------------------------------------------------------
append="hdd=ide-scsi"
boot=/dev/hda
vga=normal
message=/boot/message
menu-scheme=Wg:kw:Wg:Wg
read-only
prompt
timeout=80
# End LILO global Section
#
image = /boot/vmlinuz
  root = /dev/hda3
  label = linux

#
image = /boot/vmlinuz
  root = /dev/hdb1
  label = devil
  append = "root=/dev/ram0 initrd=/boot/initrd.gz init=/linuxrc rw"
-------------------------------------------------------------------------


can you see something wrong ?
i also try this:
  append = "root=/dev/hdb1 initrd=/boot/initrd.gz init=/linuxrc rw"
all i get is different errors....




(*
i read some stuff about lilo and initrd ... but i am a little confused 
now ...     8~}
mount_cdrom is changed to take a look for devil on hd and it looks like 
it works :-)
*)

thx for helping !
   roland

Re: [Devil-linux-develop] lilo initdr question

[Heiko Z. <he...@zu...>]

On Thu, 05 Dec 2002 02:55:15 +0100
ma...@si... wrote:

> everything run (it does boot the kernel) until it try to mount the initrd.
> then i get some errors.
> 
> i think the problem is in my lilo config that look like this:

I guess the initrd is to big for Lilo.
We use a special feature of ISOLINUX, so we don't have to care about the initrd size.
Check out if other boot load support this (e.g. grub), otherwise you have to give syslinux a shot.

-- 

cu
   Heiko

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