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--- Ivan Kabaivanov <chepati@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Thursday 28 February 2008, BRM wrote: |
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> > Thanks. Quick additional Q though - |
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> > where's the best place to store the initrd? USB? Floppy? CD? |
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> the most logical place -- /boot, right next to the kernel image. |
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Obviously - but on what storage medium? |
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If the kernel can't access the hard drive connected to the QLA2xxx |
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controller, then I can't mount /boot if it is on the hard drive. Sure, |
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the OpenBoot PROM might be able to load SILO from the hard drive, but |
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then can SILO load the kernel from the hard drive (probably)? So, it |
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comes back to my question - can the system boot from a USB device? |
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Otherwise, I have to either do a network boot (not sure how initrd |
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retrieval works there; but I don't really have the resources to do that |
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any way), or use the floppy or CD; or go to OpenSolaris. |
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TIA, |
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Ben |
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