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kanon n00b
Joined: 09 Apr 2006 Posts: 9
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Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2006 6:51 pm Post subject: SOLVED - Cannot boot into gentoo *noob alert* |
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I have a:
Ultrasparc IIe - 500Mhz , 2gig Ram
(3) 18gig scsi
(1) cdrom scsi
I have followed the instructions throughout the install process and havnt had many problems. However, when i get to the reboot process after everything is installed and compiled, etc... It says it cannot find the boot image "Cannot find /vmlinux (Unknown ext2 error)" So i figure it is something in my fstab or silo.conf. Below i listed everything i thought would be helpful; for helping me.
Sda1 is /
Sda2 is /usr
Sda4 is /var
Sda5 is /tmp
Sdb1 is /home
Sdb2 is my swap
Sdc1 is /share
Device Flag Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1p1 r 0 977 500224 83 Linux native
/dev/sda1p2 ur 977 9169 4194304 83 Linux native
/dev/sda1p3 0 19036 9746432 5 Whole disk
/dev/sda1p4 9169 15313 3145728 83 Linux native
/dev/sda1p5 15313 19036 1906176 83 Linux native
Device Flag Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1p1 0 16384 8388608 83 Linux native
/dev/sdb1p2 u 16384 19036 1357824 82 Linux swap
/dev/sdb1p3 0 19036 9746432 5 Whole disk
Device Flag Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdc1p1 0 17501 17921024 83 Linux native
/dev/sdc1p3 0 17501 17921024 5 Whole disk
FSTAB
#/dev/BOOT /boot ext2 noauto,noatime 1 2
/dev/sda1 /gentoo ext3 noatime 0 1
/dev/sdb2 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,ro 0 0
#/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto 0 0
/dev/sda2 /usr ext3 noatime,defaults 0 0
/dev/sda4 /var ext3 noatime,defaults 0 0
/dev/sda5 /tmp ext3 noatime,defaults 0 0
/dev/sdb1 /home ext3 noatime,defaults 0 0
/dev/sdc1 /share ext3 noatime,defaults 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
none /proc/openprom openpromfs defaults 0 0
shm /dev/shm tmpfs nodev,nosuid,noexec 0 0
SILO.CONF
# Example of how can be silo.conf set up
partition = 1
root = /dev/sda1
timeout = 10
#password = __put_your_password_in_cleartext_here__
#restricted
image = /boot/linux-2.4.32-sparc-r2
label = linux
I wasnt sure in the fstab about the /dev/BOOT so i # it out because earlier in the install process it says that the /boot will only complicate the boot process. I've tried changing my boot image to vmlinux, vmlinuz and linux-2.4.32-sparc-r2 and none work, so i figure it must be something that i've been overlooking. Now i'm hopeful a different set of eyes can spot it or point out my noobiness.
Keep in mind that the only real linux i've played with before is SUSE 10 using KDE, but i want to use this old sparc box for a project at work, hence the installation of gentoo.
Thanks for taking the time to look,
k
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flak7 n00b
Joined: 17 Sep 2005 Posts: 44 Location: Poland
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Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2006 7:26 pm Post subject: Re: Cannot boot into gentoo *noob alert* |
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kanon wrote: | I have a:
Sda1 is /
Sda2 is /usr
Sda4 is /var
Sda5 is /tmp
Sdb1 is /home
Sdb2 is my swap
Sdc1 is /share
FSTAB
#/dev/BOOT /boot ext2 noauto,noatime 1 2
/dev/sda1 /gentoo ext3 noatime 0 1
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kanon n00b
Joined: 09 Apr 2006 Posts: 9
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Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2006 8:18 pm Post subject: |
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I changed the /gentoo to " / " and i still get the same message. Any other ideas? |
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riposte n00b
Joined: 17 Nov 2003 Posts: 69 Location: New Zealand
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Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2006 10:19 pm Post subject: |
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Where is your silo.conf located?
It sounds a bit like silo is not using the version of silo.conf that you think it is.
If you ran /sbin/silo it defaults to using /etc/silo.conf
If the silo.conf you want to use is /boot/silo.conf then you must run
/sbin/silo -C /boot/silo.conf
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kanon n00b
Joined: 09 Apr 2006 Posts: 9
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Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 5:13 pm Post subject: |
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Same error, i checked the /etc/silo and the /boot/silo and they are identical to what i posted.
Does my fstab look correct as far as # out the /dev/BOOT ?
Thanks for the help thus far
k |
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