Re: Woody Install Error -- Not bootable
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* Stephen Depooter [Wed, Aug 14 2002, 12:27:05AM]:
> I am just installing a Woody system (bf 2.4) on a 486 DX 33 tonight and
...
> invalid compressed format (err=2)
>
> System halted
IMHO such old boxes had lots of bugs in their LBA implementation (BIOS),
so I sometimes ended up in using a DOS partition as /boot and loadlin.
Unfortunately, you loadlin breaks on large 2.4.x kernels, so you would
have to use 2.2.x. Or you can play with lilo's options (linear, compact,
lba32, see lilo.conf manpage).
> This uses the installer's rescue disk kernel which boots fine, so I
> don't know where the problem lies. I tried to get around it by using the
> rescue disk to boot and install a different kernel image however, I
> couldn't do that since the actual hard drive / is mounted as /target by
> the installer. So. I'm not sure where to go now, any ideas?
Sure you can install another kernel. Mount root as usual with installer
(will be /target), then run kernel installation step. Go to the second
console, chroot to /target, execute lilo, exit chroot and umount /target
immediately (do NOT umount with the installer menu). Then you can
reboot.
Gruss/Regards,
Eduard.
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