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i-right-i Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 08 Nov 2004 Posts: 118 Location: Chandler, AZ USA
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Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2005 7:38 pm Post subject: Multiple Entries in silo.conf |
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I am trying to add multiple entries in silo.conf so that I can boot for a few different kernels. Is there a trick to it? Becuase if I add another entry to silo.conf, regardless of what I put, i always get an error in parseing silo.conf.
Here is what my entry looks like.
partition = 1
root = /dev/hda1
timeout = 150
image = /boot/kernel-2.4.27
label = linux
now what I want to add is this:
partition = 1
root = /dev/hda1
timeout = 150
image = /boot/kernel-2.4.29
label = linux-test
any hidden quirks in doing this?
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leonarp n00b
Joined: 22 Mar 2004 Posts: 35 Location: Kansas
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Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2005 9:07 pm Post subject: |
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I don't know if there is a "trick" but here is what my silo.conf looks like with three entries:
Code: | partition = 1
root = /dev/md2
timeout = 100
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image = /boot/kernel-2.4.29-sparc
label = linux
image = /boot/kernel-2.4.28-sparc-r6
label = linux-prev
image = /boot/kernel-2.4.28-sparc-r1
label = linux-2.4.28-sparc-r1
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mrPr0ky n00b
Joined: 12 Oct 2004 Posts: 12
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Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 10:01 pm Post subject: |
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On my ultra5 my /boot/silo.conf looks like this. I was playing with different kernel configs to get the promise IDE card working right, so I ended up changing the same kernel a few times. (You can't boot the kernel from the promise controlled drives, so the boot partition is on a drive attatched to the built-in IDE controller)
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partition = 1 # Boot partition (= root partition)
root = /dev/hde4 # Root partition
timeout = 150 # Wait 15 seconds before booting the default section
default = /boot/kernel-2.4.29-sparc-3
image = /boot/kernel-2.4.29-sparc
label = gentoo-sparc
image = /boot/kernel-2.4.29-sparc-2
label = gentoo-sparc-2
image = /boot/kernel-2.4.29-sparc-3
label = gentoo-sparc-3_udma_fixed
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ciaranm Retired Dev
Joined: 19 Jul 2003 Posts: 1719 Location: In Hiding
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Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2005 11:15 pm Post subject: |
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No trick. You can't have multiple partition= entries though. |
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i-right-i Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 08 Nov 2004 Posts: 118 Location: Chandler, AZ USA
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Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2005 4:51 pm Post subject: |
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Sweet, thats what I was looking for. Didn't know you could add multiple entries under the same partition.
Thanks Guys,
Also, sorry for the late reply. I was on Vacation.
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starrbuck Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 04 Apr 2005 Posts: 138 Location: North Texas
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Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 5:03 pm Post subject: |
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What about your System.map files? How do you name them if you have more than one kernel?
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gollum boot # ls -l
total 5984
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 449517 May 2 12:44 System.map
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 444479 Apr 11 20:37 System.map-2.4.29
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1 Apr 9 11:06 boot -> .
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12940 Apr 11 20:37 config-2.4.29
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12411 May 2 12:44 config-2.4.30
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1024 May 2 11:40 fd.b
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 512 May 2 11:40 first.b
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1024 May 2 11:40 generic.b
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 816 May 2 11:40 ieee32.b
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7192 May 2 11:40 isofs.b
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2485936 Apr 11 20:37 kernel-2.4.29
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2559664 May 2 12:43 kernel-2.4.30
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7680 Apr 11 21:28 old.b
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 66560 May 2 12:45 second.b
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 78 May 2 12:45 silo.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 63961 May 2 11:40 silotftp.b
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 512 May 2 11:40 ultra.b
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