Re: AW: installing kernel-image

[Lars Oeschey <extern.lars.oeschey@audi.de>]

Am Dienstag, 15. Juli 2003 15:14 schrieb Tyson Whitehead:

> Sounds like you must have installed a new copy of aboot at some time
> on the front of your drive (i.e. did a 'swriteboot /dec/sda bootlx'
> -- bootlx is built with the Alpha kernel and contains the aboot
> image).

hm, I installed aboot when installing woody.

> If you were doing repartitioning, etc, make sure you left space at
> the front of the drive for aboot (the swriteboot man page advises you
> leave 512 sectors).  Otherwise there will be problems once Linux
> starts using that swap partition.  :)

I left that space back then... Until now, Linux seems not to have a 
problem using that swap partition.

> In any event, the problem is that your newly installed aboot is
> configured by default to look for your /etc/aboot.conf file on the
> first partition.  Use 'abootconf /dev/sda 2' to change that to the
> second partition.

I guess a 'abootconf /dev/c0d0p2' will do the correct thing for me, 
since I boot from a raid?

> You will have to change the /dev/sda bit to your correct boot device.

uh, what?

Lars