[parisc-linux] Boot command

Kailashnath V Rampure kailasr@webcash.com
Wed, 15 Nov 2000 09:55:09 -0800


Yes Thomas the vmlinux is in /boot of 3rd partition as the other partitions 
are swap and f0.

At 11:48 AM 11/15/00 +0100, Thomas Marteau wrote:

>----- Original Message -----
>From: Kailashnath V Rampure <kailasr@webcash.com>
>To: Paul Bame <bame@noam.fc.hp.com>
>Cc: Grant Grundler <grundler@cup.hp.com>; Matt Taggart
><taggart@carmen.fc.hp.com>; <parisc-linux@thepuffingroup.com>
>Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2000 11:58 PM
>Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] Boot command
>
>
> > I have booted HP A class server through network. On that I have
>repartioned
> > the system and followed the steps on
>http://www.parisc-linux.org/install.html.
> > I have used the following command to initialize the hard disk. The kernel
>I
> > have downloaded is vmlinux-20001018. and cpied it to /mnt/boot/vmlinux
> > after mounting /dev/sda3. I have used the following command to initialize
> > the HDD.
> >
> > palo -I -k /boot/vmlinux -b /boot/iplboot \ -c '3/boot/vmlinux TERM=linux
> > HOME=/ root=/dev/sda3' \ /dev/sda
>
>This means that vmlinux must be in /boot in your third partition on your
>disk.
>Is it true in your case?
>
> > --------------------------------
> > I get the following error:
> > --------------------------------
> > SOFT Boot.
> > palo ipl bame@noam Tue oct 31 14:18:02 MST 2000
> > 0/vmlinux 2138614 bytes@ 0x1f78c000
> > 0/palo-cmdline '3/boot/vmlinux TERM=linux HOME=/ root=/dev/sda3'
> > /dev/ida1 82 62 1030688
> > /dev/ida2 f0 1030750 24738
> > /dev/ida3 83 1055488 1030750
> > Kernel:partition 3 file /boot/vmlinux
> > ext2 block size 1024
> > ext2_mount(partition 3) returns 0
> > ext2_open(/boot/vmlinux) = -1
> > open /boot/vmlinux failed
> > -------------------------------------
> > Please suggest.
> >
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