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Yes absolutely. Sorry about that. here's the append line for |
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isolinux.cfg (CD): |
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append initrd=initrd root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc acpi=ht |
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looptype=squashfs loop=/livecd.squashfs udev nodevfs cdroot vga=791 |
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dokeymap splash=silent,theme:metal console=ttyS0,9600n8 console=tty0 |
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I've put the same thing into /etc/lilo.conf with and without the |
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initrd in there. |
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Dave |
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On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 17:31:57 -0500, Chris Gianelloni |
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<wolf31o2@g.o> wrote: |
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> On Tue, 2005-01-11 at 14:59 -0700, David Wilk wrote: |
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> > Howdy folks, |
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> > |
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> > I've taken the gentoo 2004.3 livecd and customized it a bit as an |
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> > install cd. I made my own kernel with an internal initramfs with |
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> > gensplash that uses an external initrd as well just like the livecd. |
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> > This works perfectly (just like the livecd) when the BIOS is |
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> > configured to boot from the CD. |
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> > |
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> > I have, however, a method to allow booting from the CD without |
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> > actually bootstraping from the CD. THe running system (from the HD) |
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> > mounts the CD, copies the kernel and initrd onto the HD, runs lilo |
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> > with those as defaults and then reboots. When the system comes back |
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> > up, it loads the CD kernel and initrd off the HD and the system boots |
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> > just as if the BIOS had booted the CD. |
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> > |
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> > My problem is this. Although the kernel and internal initramfs load |
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> > just fine off the CD resulting in a beautiful bootsplash screen, it |
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> > does no such thing when loaded off the HD. THe kernel boots fine, but |
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> > the initramfs is not loaded and there is no bootsplash. I have the |
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> > same kernel boot 'append' line in both isolinux.cfg on the CD as well |
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> > as in /etc/lilo.conf on the HD. |
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> Could you post the append line? It might make it easier for people to |
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> visualize. |
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> > I've spent days puzzling over which lilo or kernel parameters might |
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> > make this work and have come up with nothing. If anyone has any ideas |
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> > I would love to hear them. |
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> Chris Gianelloni |
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> Release Engineering - Operational/QA Manager |
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> Games - Developer |
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> Gentoo Linux |
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