Re: 43p-140 install issues
On Wed, Jan 12, 2005 at 11:17:03AM +0100, Philippe Guyot wrote:
> On Tuesday 11 January 2005 18:09, Sven Luther wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
>
> > > Installer warned me that there was no stuff for booting.
> > >
> > > So I suppose I have to dd /boot/vmlinux to /dev/sda1 but after having
> > > patched
> >
> > Yes, but d-i uses the devfs path, so it would be /dev/scsi/... See the
> > /proc/partitions content for a list of it. I have a burtal prep-installer
> > who does this, I didn't yet check the partman-prep stuff, since strangely
> > it doesn't work for me.
>
> I'm sorry but I need some help here (thanks in advance):
>
> 1) /proc/partitions contains:
>
> sda
> sda1
> sda2
> sda3
Ah, yes, this is the 2.6 kernel.
> 2) when lauching parted on a secondary console, it says
>
> blablabla... Using /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc
> I suppose this is a "devfs path"
Yep.
> So, looking in /dev/scsi/......./lun0, I found
>
> disc
The whole disk.
> part1
> part2
> part3
All three partitions.
> So have I to dd if=vmlinux of=/dev/scsi/....../lun0/part1 ??
Yep.
> What I made first last evening was (after chroot on /target )
> dd if=vmlinux of=/dev/sda1
> with apparently no error (except that the machine is not booting). What did
> happened then ?Isn't there a kind of compatibility ?
It copied the kernel to the /dev/sda1 file. since devfs created /dev nodes on
demand, it was not present, thus dd did not complain.
> > > it with "preptools" from Leigh to make it aware of root=/dev/sda3. Is
> > > that always true ?
> >
> > Well, the default kernel is set to /dev/sda3 already. Problem is that it
> > seems the preptools need a kernel patch which we don't have, i have to
> > investigate this. But as long as you chose the / partition to be partition
> > 3, it should be ok.
>
> I made / the 3rd partition, yes.
Cool, you don't need any preptool massaging then.
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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