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From: Pete <pi2list@×××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] system boot
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 00:34:37
Message-Id: 20060227002727.3496.qmail@yourcakes.com
1 I see your point
2
3 Here's /etc/fstab
4 -----------------------
5 # NOTE: If your BOOT partition is ReiserFS, add the notail option to opts.
6 /dev/hda1 /boot reiserfs
7 noauto,noatime,notail 1 1
8 /dev/hda7 / reiserfs noatime
9 0 0
10 /dev/hda6 none swap sw
11 0 0
12 /dev/hda5 /tmp reiserfs noatime
13 0 0
14 /dev/hda2 /home reiserfs noatime
15 0 0
16 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,ro,users
17 0 0
18 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,users
19 0 0
20 proc /proc proc defaults
21 0 0
22 -----------------------
23
24 lilo.conf has
25
26 ----------------------
27 image = /boot/bzImage
28 root = /dev/hda7
29 label = Gentoo
30 ----------------------
31
32 Also, note that
33
34 -------------------------
35 yababa root # /sbin/lilo -t
36 Fatal: open /boot/bzImage: No such file or directory
37 yababa root #
38 -------------------------
39
40 If the root for boot was changed, lilo should have found the /boot/bzImage.
41
42 Also, I did
43
44 ---------------------------
45 yababa root # find / -name bzImage
46 /usr/src/linux-2.4.19-gentoo-r9/arch/i386/boot/bzImage
47 /usr/src/linux-2.4.19-gentoo-r10/arch/i386/boot/bzImage
48 yababa root #
49 ----------------------------
50
51 I am not sure where is the /boot/bzImage that shows up in the lilo.conf file.
52
53 Appreciate help.
54 Regards
55 Pete
56
57 -------------------------
58
59
60
61 On Sun, 26 Feb 2006 18:02:07 -0600, "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr."
62 <bss03@××××××××××.net> wrote :
63
64 > On Sunday 26 February 2006 17:51, "Pete" <pi2list@×××××××.com> wrote about
65 > '[gentoo-user] system boot':
66 > > This is what I don't understand
67 > >
68 > > ------------------
69 > >
70 > > yababa root # ls -l /boot/
71 > > total 1272
72 > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 483904 Feb 26 04:56
73 > > System.map-2.4.19r10AR lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1 Jan 12
74 > > 2003 boot -> . -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 814688 Feb 26 04:40
75 > > bzImageAR yababa root #
76 > >
77 > > ---------------------
78 > >
79 > > boot points to itself.
80 >
81 > That's pretty standard. From my system:
82 >
83 > # mount /boot
84 > # ls /boot/boot -l
85 > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1 Jan 30 10:46 /boot/boot -> .
86 > # umount /boot
87 > # ls /boot -l
88 > total 0
89 > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1 Aug 6 2005 boot -> .
90 > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 80 Jan 31 09:29 grub
91 >
92 > Not really sure why that grub directory is in there...
93 >
94 > > Before I copied the System.map-2.4.19r10AR and
95 > > bzImageAR, there was nothing in there.
96 > >
97 > > How does the system boot? ? ?
98 >
99 > Could boot be on a separate partition? Check /etc/fstab.
100 >
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