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stealthg2000
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Joined: 02 Jun 2004
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Location: Charlotte, NC
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 Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2004 11:56 pm Post subject: newbie silo question- ultra 10, kernel 2.4.26 |
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Hey guys,
Quick question from a newbie... I didnt really understand where to point to in the silo config in terms of the image. Here is the listing in the handbook...
Code Listing 3: Example /etc/silo.conf
partition = 1 # Boot partition
root = /dev/hda4 # Root partition
timeout = 150 # Wait 15 seconds before booting the default section
image = /boot/kernel-2.4.24
label = linux
I typed in /boot/kernel-2.4.26-sparc and when i restart, silo says that is incorrect.
What command should i type from the boot: prompt to get gentoo started?
Will that command also include the path that i need to fix my silo.conf?
Thanks,
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Weeve
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Joined: 30 Oct 2002
Posts: 641
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Make sure when you make your image = line and use commands from the SILO prompt that they are done in the same way SILO will see them. This means if you made yourself a seperate boot partition, SILO will only know *that* partition at boot time. If the symlink in /boot to itself has been erased, /boot/foo won't work.
However you can use the following to indicate to SILO where a kernel is on a particular partition
| Code: | | boot: 1/path/to/mykernel-ver root=/dev/hda4 |
This will tell SILO that mykernel-ver is on partition one in the directory /path/to and that I want /dev/hda4 to be mounted as the root partition (this is independent of any settings in /etc/fstab). |
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