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From: Pete <pi2list@×××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] system boot
Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2006 23:53:51
Message-Id: 20060226235126.2124.qmail@yourcakes.com
1 Someone has given me a system to configure their printer on it.
2
3 yababa root # uname -a
4 Linux yababa.io.spectraitc.com 2.4.19-gentoo-r10 #3 Tue Feb 25 14:40:41 CST
5 2003 i686 Pentium III (Katmai) GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
6 yababa root #
7
8 When I connect the printer, I get
9
10 Feb 26 02:15:57 yababa /etc/hotplug/usb.agent: ... no modules for USB
11 product 4e8/326c/100
12
13
14 I figured, the USB support for printer wan not enabled in the kernel. Found
15 it to be the case. So I rebuilt the kernel.
16
17 Now I want to add the new kernel to the existing boot menu and I am baffeled
18 by some findings.
19 The boot menu says it is LILO, so I went to /etc/lilo.conf
20
21 This is how it looks
22
23 ----------------
24 # $Header: /home/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/sys-apps/lilo/files/lilo.conf,v 1.3
25 2002/09/30 00:55:18 woodchip Exp $
26 # Author: Ultanium
27 # Start LILO global section
28 menu-scheme=Wb
29 boot = /dev/hda
30 prompt
31 #boot=/devices/discs/disc0/disc
32 map = /boot/System.map
33 #compact # faster, but won't work on all systems.
34 lba32
35 #if lba32 do not work, use linear
36 #linear
37 #if you always want to see the prompt with a 15 second timeout:
38 timeout=90
39 delay = 50
40 vga = normal # Normal VGA console
41 # End LILO global section
42 # Linux bootable partition config begins
43 image = /boot/bzImage
44 root = /dev/hda7
45 label = Gentoo
46 read-only # read-only for checking
47 image = /boot/bzImage.OLD
48 root = /dev/hda7
49 label = Gentoo_Old
50 read-only # read-only for checking
51 image = /boot/bzImageAR
52 root = /dev/hda7
53 label = Gentoo_new
54 read-only # read-only for checking
55 #
56 # Linux bootable partition config ends
57
58 ----------------
59
60 I added the section
61 -----------
62 image = /boot/bzImageAR
63 root = /dev/hda7
64 label = Gentoo_new
65 read-only # read-only for checking
66 -----------
67
68 This is what I don't understand
69
70 ------------------
71
72 yababa root # ls -l /boot/
73 total 1272
74 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 483904 Feb 26 04:56 System.map-2.4.19r10AR
75 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1 Jan 12 2003 boot -> .
76 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 814688 Feb 26 04:40 bzImageAR
77 yababa root #
78
79 ---------------------
80
81 boot points to itself. Before I copied the System.map-2.4.19r10AR and
82 bzImageAR, there was nothing in there.
83
84 How does the system boot? ? ?
85
86 Of course if I run /sbin/lilo, the system complains
87 yababa root # /sbin/lilo
88 Fatal: open /boot/bzImage: No such file or directory
89 yababa root #
90
91
92 Any pointers will be greatly appreciated !
93 Regards
94 Pete
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Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-user] system boot "Brett I. Holcomb" <brettholcomb@×××××××××.net>
Re: [gentoo-user] system boot "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." <bss03@××××××××××.net>
Re: [gentoo-user] system boot Iain Buchanan <iaindb@××××××××××××.au>