Toshikazu Aiyama, Ph.D. wrote:
Hi, I have just created chrooted /pure64 image on /dev/hde28. Now I would like directly boot from it. I personally do not like grub, and my repeated grub tries using README have failed again and again; therefore I need either one of the following assistance. (1) How to install .udeb files. I have downloaded lilo udeb files, but udpkg is also in .udeb. I personally like lilo over grub; thus I would like to install lilo whether it is in udeb or deb. (2) How to use grub to boot from /dev/hde28. Definitely I like (1) because my understanding about grub is: disk device assignmnet is relative. Since I frequently change the configurations of IDE devices, I do not like hd0 or hd1 naming conventions. I appreciate the effort of all the people involed in the project. Toshikazu Aiyama __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!?Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/careermakeover
Hi Toshikazu,I also prefer lilo over grub - but I'd only found packages for grub and palo - so grub was the easiest solution. And it seemed like lilo only was usable on 32-bit - perhaps I'm wrong?
Is your /dev/hde28 bootable/active? I know that Debian-Installler which default uses grub has problems with some SATA-controllers.
Perhaps you should try using (I asume that you are using a controller and don't have any harddisks on hda hdb hdc or hdd so hde will be (hd0)- right?):
# grub-install (hd0) What does the machine say when you boot - 'GRUB' or..? Regarding udeb-files:I know you can extract udeb's with dpkg, perhaps dpkg can install udeb's as well ?
Thanks for reporting back. I will try some tests to find out, how the README needs to be updated, I'm working on a test environment :-)
I have also noticed all off those new packages :-) So I'm working on an update as well - Thanks :-)
How do you find the idea of using mini.iso - it has a lot of usefull packages and it boots great - at least on mine.
Best Regards Anders