Re: Tale of woes: hard copy
On Tue, 22 Jun 1999, Mark Kettenis wrote:
> Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 02:44:57 +0000 (IST)
> From: "Ashutosh S. Rajekar" <asr@giaspna.vsnl.net.in>
>
> Hello,
>
> Today I tried to install the Hurd for for the nth time in 2 months. As
> usual, I met with no success, but I have carefully jotted down all the
> details and messages I got.
>
> [...]
>
> %%% (serverboot): Running without any paging
> %%% Hurd server bootstrap: ext2fs.static[hd2s1] exec init proc auth
> %%% Single-user environment: /hurd/init: /dev/console: No such file or
> directory
> %%% /hurd/init: Using temporary console /tmp/console
> %%% /hurd/init: Cannot execute /bin/sh: No such file of directory
> %%% init: rebooting Mach (flags 0) ...
>
> ... and the machine reboots. This was all before running the
> native-install script; unfortunately that stage just didn't arise.
>
> Main question: Does any immortal have any clue to what is happening ?
>
> Looks like you have not installed a shell. Does /bin/sh exist on
> hd2s1? It should be a (symbolic) link to /bin/bash!
>
/bin/sh very much exists and is a link to /bin/bash.
> I have some questions ..
> 1: Is it necessary for the second IDE HDD to be a a Primary Slave?
>
^^^^
> I don't think so. I have an IDE CD-ROM drive as the Secundary master
> and that works fine.
>
I didn't say CD-ROM drive, I mentioned HDD.
> 2: GRUB, Hurd and Mach all use different partition naming styles; could
> we have them use the same naming style, like the Linux style, which
> almost all of us are used to ?)
>
> I believe that GRUB uses different names on purpose. It uses the BIOS
> to access the drives and the BIOS numbering doesn't always match the
> numbering that the booted OS uses.
>
> The Hurd simply uses the Mach naming style, which is baed on the way BSD
> numbers its partitions, and there are quite a few people that are used to
> that.
>
> Mark
>
>
> --
> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-hurd-request@lists.debian.org
> with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org
>
>
------------------
Ashutosh Rajekar
http://i.am/asr
------------------
I'm sorry my GMT time is really wild, but my sysadmin doesn't cooperate.
Reply to: