Re: aboot question
> On May 28, Rx scrawled :
> $ swriteboot /dev/sda bootlx
> fstat bootfile: Invalid argument
>
no kernel specified, thus it will fail.
> and there is 7 MB free at the begining of the HD
> this is the kernel 2.2.7
> after make boot,make rawboot
> i'm running 2.0.36
>
update to 2.2.x !!!!!! i'm running 2.2.8 personally and it's much nicer than
any of the 2.0 series :)
I also usually do a make boot, rather than a rawboot.
people: what's the diff between rawboot and boot?
> $ swriteboot /dev/sda bootlx ../vmlinux.gz
> fstat kernel: Invalid argument
>
pwd?
>
> $ e2writeboot /dev/sda5 bootlx
> fstat: Invalid argument
>
writes to an ext2 filesystem. It's used for making boot floppies. not for
hard drives AFAIK.
> aboot.conf :
>
> 0:5/linux ro root=/dev/sda5
>
1. aboot /dev/sda 5
swriteboot -f1 -f3 /dev/sda /boot/bootlx /linux
you need to partition your drive with a BSD styule disklabel (fdisk bsd mode
works)
I create a 2MB partition at the beginning of the drive to make sure I don't
use that space for anything but aboot and a kernel.
-f1 -f3 signifies to force the overwriting of those two partitions.
Usually, partition c specifies the whole disk.
note: if you haven't partitioned with BSD disklabels, you will need to reboot
after you have repartitioned your drive.
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