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linuxbum Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 20 Dec 2003 Posts: 131 Location: USA
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Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2004 9:53 pm Post subject: After emerge -u world it won't boot |
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After completing the emerge -u world and etc-update
I booted my 2.4.23 system and got the dreaded SP error at boot prompt.
So I booted CDROM and then mounted /root and my /usr, chroot to /mnt/gentoo like install, then mounted /boot as I had in before in /mnt/gentoo/boot.
Commanded gento to silo -C /mnt/gentoo/boot/silo.conf -f as saw in post about this error ran ok shutdown and rebooted fine.
Is this normal action for emerge -u world??
I had done emerge -pvu world > file.list then emerge -u one set at time to see which ones fail.
This time decided why not the WORLD as it's never enough
Will I have to do this every time I emerge -u world ???
What did the -f force silo to do ????? |
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mad man moon Apprentice
Joined: 14 Dec 2003 Posts: 160 Location: Schirgiswalde, GER
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Ferris Retired Dev
Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 426 Location: N. Virginia (USA)
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Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2004 5:33 pm Post subject: |
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Yes, if silo gets updated, you really do need to run that 'silo' command.
For what it's worth, here's something I learned a few days ago from
http://www.sparc-boot.org/how.html
and is worth passing on.
Regarding that 'SILO' string: 'SIL' comes from first stage of the boot loader,
and the 'O' comes from the second stage, thus:
The 'S' means that the first part of the boot loader ('first.b' or 'ultra.b')
actually got started;
The 'I' means that it was able to read something from where it things the
second stage ('second.b' is);
The 'L' means that what got read actually looks like the second stage;
And the 'O' is printed by the second stage 'second.b' and means that it
has taken over.
So, if you see 'SI'<death>, then what the first stage believes is the second
stage is not the second stage. |
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linuxbum Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 20 Dec 2003 Posts: 131 Location: USA
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Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2004 10:39 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks Ferris.
Yes my list shows silo was touch
Will look much closer for silo next time.
Bryan |
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