Re: Two append lines in arcboot.conf
Jozsef Bakosi wrote:
> Originally, I had the default arcboot.conf after a fresh install (using
> Martin's image at http://www.cyrius.com/debian/o2/o2-boot.img (2004-12-20))
> as follows:
>
> label=linux
> image=/vmlinux
> append="root=/dev/sda1"
>
> Now, wanting to set up X and fbdev, I added the folowing:
>
> label=linux
> image=/vmlinux
> append="root=/dev/sda1"
> append="video=1024x768-16@60"
>
> ...and rebooted. Now, the boot stops with
>
> ...
> UDF-fs: No partition found (1)
> Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(1,0)
>
> I guess, I shouldn't have put two append lines in arcboot.conf but I'm not sure.
Yes, the last append line overrides earlier ones.
> Also, do I have to rerun arcboot (like LILO) to apply the changes in the arcboot.conf?
No, just editing arcboot.conf is enough.
> Is there a way to make this system bootable without reinstall?
IIRC booting with the following firmware command will do:
boot linux append="root=/dev/sda1 video=1024x768-16@60"
Thiemo
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