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You have to tell lilo a separate initrd line. Here's an example: |
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image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.19 |
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label=2.4.19 |
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initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.19.img |
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read-only |
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root=/dev/ram0 |
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append="init=/linuxrc" |
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I think lilo loads the initrd, but the kernel just finds it. So |
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appending a kernel argument wouldn't help load the initrd. At any rate, |
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I know you don't specify "initrd=whatever" in the append line with lilo. |
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Note that grub also has to be told separately where the initrd is. And |
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if you watch closely grub tells you when it boots something like |
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"loading initrd", then "loading kernel". |
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William Kilian |
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David Wilk wrote: |
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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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>>>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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>>>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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>>>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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