"No MS-DOS partition table" on bootup
OK. This is totally nonsensical, but let me try anyhow:
I just installed Debian 3.0 on my Sun Ultra 1. I set it up with a nice
neat Sun disklabel ('s' in fdisk). It boots great. It works great.
Then I try compiling my own kernel-- 2.4.26, from the stock Linux kernel
sources available at ftp.kernel.org. I modify silo.conf appropriately, run
'silo'. Reboot. Get the boot prompt and select my new kernel. It starts to
boot... then I get 'ldm_validate_partition_table' puking, and the error
"No MS-DOS partition table". It asks for my root password for maintenance,
and I give it to it. It drops me straight into bash.
Now-- I KNOW you guys are going to ask me, "Did you compile your kernel
with CONFIG_SUN_PARTITION set to true? Not only did I do that, but I
compiled my kernel with __EVERY SINGLE OPTION__ in the "advanced partition
selection" section set to true. EVERY. SINGLE. ONE.
The kernel config I used is attached.
Please HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELP!!!
--
J. L. Blank, Systems Administrator, twu.net#
# Automatically generated by make menuconfig: don't edit
#
#
# Code maturity level options
#
CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y
#
# Loadable module support
#
CONFIG_MODULES=y
# CONFIG_MODVERSIONS is not set
# CONFIG_KMOD is not set
#
# General setup
#
# CONFIG_BBC_I2C is not set
CONFIG_VT=y
CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y
# CONFIG_SMP is not set
CONFIG_SPARC64=y
# CONFIG_HOTPLUG is not set
CONFIG_HAVE_DEC_LOCK=y
# CONFIG_RWSEM_GENERIC_SPINLOCK is not set
CONFIG_RWSEM_XCHGADD_ALGORITHM=y
# CONFIG_ISA is not set
# CONFIG_ISAPNP is not set
# CONFIG_EISA is not set
# CONFIG_MCA is not set
# CONFIG_PCMCIA is not set
CONFIG_SBUS=y
CONFIG_SBUSCHAR=y
CONFIG_BUSMOUSE=y
CONFIG_SUN_MOUSE=y
CONFIG_SERIAL=y
CONFIG_SUN_SERIAL=y
CONFIG_SERIAL_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_SUN_KEYBOARD=y
CONFIG_SUN_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_SUN_AUXIO=y
CONFIG_SUN_IO=y
# CONFIG_PCI is not set
CONFIG_SUN_OPENPROMFS=m
CONFIG_NET=y
CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
CONFIG_BSD_PROCESS_ACCT=y
CONFIG_SYSCTL=y
CONFIG_KCORE_ELF=y
CONFIG_SPARC32_COMPAT=y
CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF32=y
CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT32=y
CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF=y
CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC=m
CONFIG_SUNOS_EMUL=y
CONFIG_SOLARIS_EMUL=m
# CONFIG_OOM_KILLER is not set
#
# Parallel port support
#
CONFIG_PARPORT=m
# CONFIG_PARPORT_PC is not set
# CONFIG_PARPORT_AMIGA is not set
# CONFIG_PARPORT_MFC3 is not set
# CONFIG_PARPORT_ATARI is not set
# CONFIG_PARPORT_GSC is not set
CONFIG_PARPORT_SUNBPP=m
# CONFIG_PARPORT_IP22 is not set
# CONFIG_PARPORT_OTHER is not set
CONFIG_PARPORT_1284=y
CONFIG_PRINTER=m
#
# Console drivers
#
CONFIG_PROM_CONSOLE=y
#
# Frame-buffer support
#
CONFIG_FB=y
CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE=y
# CONFIG_FB_CYBER2000 is not set
CONFIG_FB_SBUS=y
CONFIG_FB_CREATOR=y
CONFIG_FB_CGSIX=y
CONFIG_FB_BWTWO=y
CONFIG_FB_CGTHREE=y
CONFIG_FB_LEO=y
# CONFIG_FB_VIRTUAL is not set
# CONFIG_FBCON_ADVANCED is not set
CONFIG_FBCON_MFB=y
CONFIG_FBCON_CFB8=y
CONFIG_FBCON_FONTWIDTH8_ONLY=y
CONFIG_FONT_SUN8x16=y
# CONFIG_FBCON_FONTS is not set
#
# Misc Linux/SPARC drivers
#
CONFIG_SUN_OPENPROMIO=m
CONFIG_SUN_MOSTEK_RTC=y
CONFIG_OBP_FLASH=m
CONFIG_SUN_BPP=m
# CONFIG_SUN_VIDEOPIX is not set
CONFIG_SUN_AURORA=m
#
# Linux/SPARC audio subsystem (EXPERIMENTAL)
#
CONFIG_SPARCAUDIO=m
CONFIG_SPARCAUDIO_CS4231=m
# CONFIG_SPARCAUDIO_DUMMY is not set
#
# Memory Technology Devices (MTD)
#
# CONFIG_MTD is not set
#
# Block devices
#
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NBD is not set
#
# Multi-device support (RAID and LVM)
#
# CONFIG_MD is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_MD is not set
# CONFIG_MD_LINEAR is not set
# CONFIG_MD_RAID0 is not set
# CONFIG_MD_RAID1 is not set
# CONFIG_MD_RAID5 is not set
# CONFIG_MD_MULTIPATH is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LVM is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD is not set
#
# Networking options
#
CONFIG_PACKET=y
# CONFIG_PACKET_MMAP is not set
CONFIG_NETLINK_DEV=y
# CONFIG_NETFILTER is not set
CONFIG_FILTER=y
CONFIG_UNIX=y
CONFIG_INET=y
# CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST is not set
# CONFIG_IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER is not set
# CONFIG_IP_PNP is not set
# CONFIG_NET_IPIP is not set
# CONFIG_NET_IPGRE is not set
# CONFIG_ARPD is not set
# CONFIG_INET_ECN is not set
# CONFIG_SYN_COOKIES is not set
# CONFIG_IPV6 is not set
# CONFIG_KHTTPD is not set
#
# SCTP Configuration (EXPERIMENTAL)
#
CONFIG_IP_SCTP=m
# CONFIG_SCTP_DBG_MSG is not set
# CONFIG_SCTP_DBG_OBJCNT is not set
# CONFIG_SCTP_HMAC_NONE is not set
CONFIG_SCTP_HMAC_SHA1=y
# CONFIG_SCTP_HMAC_MD5 is not set
# CONFIG_ATM is not set
# CONFIG_VLAN_8021Q is not set
CONFIG_IPX=m
# CONFIG_IPX_INTERN is not set
CONFIG_ATALK=m
#
# Appletalk devices
#
CONFIG_DEV_APPLETALK=y
# CONFIG_COPS_DAYNA is not set
# CONFIG_COPS_TANGENT is not set
CONFIG_IPDDP=m
# CONFIG_IPDDP_ENCAP is not set
CONFIG_IPDDP_DECAP=y
# CONFIG_DECNET is not set
# CONFIG_BRIDGE is not set
# CONFIG_X25 is not set
# CONFIG_LAPB is not set
# CONFIG_LLC is not set
# CONFIG_NET_DIVERT is not set
# CONFIG_ECONET is not set
# CONFIG_WAN_ROUTER is not set
# CONFIG_NET_FASTROUTE is not set
# CONFIG_NET_HW_FLOWCONTROL is not set
#
# QoS and/or fair queueing
#
# CONFIG_NET_SCHED is not set
#
# Network testing
#
# CONFIG_NET_PKTGEN is not set
#
# ATA/IDE/MFM/RLL support
#
# CONFIG_IDE is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD is not set
#
# SCSI support
#
CONFIG_SCSI=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=y
CONFIG_SD_EXTRA_DEVS=40
CONFIG_CHR_DEV_ST=m
CONFIG_CHR_DEV_OSST=m
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR_VENDOR=y
CONFIG_SR_EXTRA_DEVS=2
CONFIG_CHR_DEV_SG=m
# CONFIG_SCSI_MULTI_LUN is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_CONSTANTS is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_LOGGING is not set
#
# SCSI low-level drivers
#
CONFIG_SCSI_SUNESP=y
CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGICPTI=m
#
# Fibre Channel support
#
# CONFIG_FC4 is not set
# CONFIG_FC4_SOC is not set
# CONFIG_FC4_SOCAL is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_PLUTO is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_FCAL is not set
#
# Network device support
#
CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y
#
# ARCnet devices
#
# CONFIG_ARCNET is not set
CONFIG_DUMMY=m
# CONFIG_BONDING is not set
# CONFIG_EQUALIZER is not set
CONFIG_TUN=m
CONFIG_ETHERTAP=m
#
# Ethernet (10 or 100Mbit)
#
CONFIG_NET_ETHERNET=y
CONFIG_SUNLANCE=m
CONFIG_HAPPYMEAL=y
CONFIG_SUNBMAC=m
CONFIG_SUNQE=m
# CONFIG_SUNGEM is not set
# CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_3COM is not set
# CONFIG_LANCE is not set
# CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_SMC is not set
# CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_RACAL is not set
# CONFIG_NET_ISA is not set
# CONFIG_NET_PCI is not set
# CONFIG_NET_POCKET is not set
#
# Ethernet (1000 Mbit)
#
# CONFIG_ACENIC is not set
# CONFIG_DL2K is not set
# CONFIG_E1000 is not set
CONFIG_MYRI_SBUS=m
# CONFIG_NS83820 is not set
# CONFIG_HAMACHI is not set
# CONFIG_YELLOWFIN is not set
# CONFIG_R8169 is not set
# CONFIG_SK98LIN is not set
# CONFIG_TIGON3 is not set
# CONFIG_FDDI is not set
# CONFIG_HIPPI is not set
CONFIG_PLIP=m
CONFIG_PPP=m
CONFIG_PPP_MULTILINK=y
CONFIG_PPP_FILTER=y
CONFIG_PPP_ASYNC=m
CONFIG_PPP_SYNC_TTY=m
CONFIG_PPP_DEFLATE=m
CONFIG_PPP_BSDCOMP=m
CONFIG_PPPOE=m
CONFIG_SLIP=m
CONFIG_SLIP_COMPRESSED=y
CONFIG_SLIP_SMART=y
# CONFIG_SLIP_MODE_SLIP6 is not set
#
# Wireless LAN (non-hamradio)
#
# CONFIG_NET_RADIO is not set
#
# Token Ring devices
#
# CONFIG_TR is not set
# CONFIG_NET_FC is not set
# CONFIG_RCPCI is not set
# CONFIG_SHAPER is not set
#
# Wan interfaces
#
# CONFIG_WAN is not set
#
# Unix 98 PTY support
#
CONFIG_UNIX98_PTYS=y
CONFIG_UNIX98_PTY_COUNT=256
#
# Video For Linux
#
# CONFIG_VIDEO_DEV is not set
#
# XFree86 DRI support
#
CONFIG_DRM_NEW=y
CONFIG_DRM_FFB=m
# CONFIG_DRM_TDFX is not set
# CONFIG_DRM_R128 is not set
#
# Input core support
#
# CONFIG_INPUT is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_KEYBDEV is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_JOYDEV is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_EVDEV is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_UINPUT is not set
#
# File systems
#
# CONFIG_QUOTA is not set
# CONFIG_QFMT_V2 is not set
# CONFIG_AUTOFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_AUTOFS4_FS is not set
CONFIG_REISERFS_FS=m
# CONFIG_REISERFS_CHECK is not set
# CONFIG_REISERFS_PROC_INFO is not set
CONFIG_ADFS_FS=m
# CONFIG_ADFS_FS_RW is not set
CONFIG_AFFS_FS=m
CONFIG_HFS_FS=m
CONFIG_HFSPLUS_FS=m
CONFIG_BEFS_FS=m
# CONFIG_BEFS_DEBUG is not set
CONFIG_BFS_FS=m
CONFIG_EXT3_FS=y
CONFIG_JBD=y
# CONFIG_JBD_DEBUG is not set
CONFIG_FAT_FS=y
CONFIG_MSDOS_FS=y
CONFIG_UMSDOS_FS=m
CONFIG_VFAT_FS=y
CONFIG_EFS_FS=m
# CONFIG_JFFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_JFFS2_FS is not set
CONFIG_CRAMFS=m
CONFIG_TMPFS=y
CONFIG_RAMFS=y
CONFIG_ISO9660_FS=y
CONFIG_JOLIET=y
CONFIG_ZISOFS=y
CONFIG_JFS_FS=m
# CONFIG_JFS_DEBUG is not set
# CONFIG_JFS_STATISTICS is not set
CONFIG_MINIX_FS=m
CONFIG_VXFS_FS=m
CONFIG_NTFS_FS=m
# CONFIG_NTFS_RW is not set
CONFIG_HPFS_FS=m
CONFIG_PROC_FS=y
CONFIG_DEVFS_FS=y
CONFIG_DEVFS_MOUNT=y
# CONFIG_DEVFS_DEBUG is not set
CONFIG_DEVPTS_FS=y
CONFIG_QNX4FS_FS=m
# CONFIG_QNX4FS_RW is not set
CONFIG_ROMFS_FS=m
CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y
CONFIG_SYSV_FS=m
CONFIG_UDF_FS=m
# CONFIG_UDF_RW is not set
CONFIG_UFS_FS=m
# CONFIG_UFS_FS_WRITE is not set
CONFIG_XFS_FS=m
# CONFIG_XFS_QUOTA is not set
# CONFIG_XFS_RT is not set
# CONFIG_XFS_TRACE is not set
# CONFIG_XFS_DEBUG is not set
#
# Network File Systems
#
CONFIG_CODA_FS=m
CONFIG_INTERMEZZO_FS=m
CONFIG_NFS_FS=y
# CONFIG_NFS_V3 is not set
# CONFIG_NFS_DIRECTIO is not set
# CONFIG_ROOT_NFS is not set
CONFIG_NFSD=m
# CONFIG_NFSD_V3 is not set
CONFIG_NFSD_TCP=y
CONFIG_SUNRPC=y
CONFIG_LOCKD=y
CONFIG_SMB_FS=m
# CONFIG_SMB_NLS_DEFAULT is not set
CONFIG_SMB_UNIX=y
CONFIG_NCP_FS=m
# CONFIG_NCPFS_PACKET_SIGNING is not set
# CONFIG_NCPFS_IOCTL_LOCKING is not set
# CONFIG_NCPFS_STRONG is not set
# CONFIG_NCPFS_NFS_NS is not set
# CONFIG_NCPFS_OS2_NS is not set
# CONFIG_NCPFS_SMALLDOS is not set
# CONFIG_NCPFS_NLS is not set
# CONFIG_NCPFS_EXTRAS is not set
CONFIG_ZISOFS_FS=y
#
# Partition Types
#
CONFIG_PARTITION_ADVANCED=y
CONFIG_ACORN_PARTITION=y
CONFIG_ACORN_PARTITION_ICS=y
CONFIG_ACORN_PARTITION_ADFS=y
CONFIG_ACORN_PARTITION_POWERTEC=y
CONFIG_ACORN_PARTITION_RISCIX=y
CONFIG_OSF_PARTITION=y
CONFIG_AMIGA_PARTITION=y
CONFIG_ATARI_PARTITION=y
CONFIG_MAC_PARTITION=y
CONFIG_MSDOS_PARTITION=y
CONFIG_BSD_DISKLABEL=y
CONFIG_MINIX_SUBPARTITION=y
CONFIG_SOLARIS_X86_PARTITION=y
CONFIG_UNIXWARE_DISKLABEL=y
CONFIG_LDM_PARTITION=y
CONFIG_LDM_DEBUG=y
CONFIG_SGI_PARTITION=y
CONFIG_ULTRIX_PARTITION=y
CONFIG_SUN_PARTITION=y
CONFIG_EFI_PARTITION=y
CONFIG_SMB_NLS=y
CONFIG_NLS=y
#
# Native Language Support
#
CONFIG_NLS_DEFAULT="iso8859-1"
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_437=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_737=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_775=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_850=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_852=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_855=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_857=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_860=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_861=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_862=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_863=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_864=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_865=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_866=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_869=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_936=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_950=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_932=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_949=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_874=m
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_8=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_1250=m
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_1251=m
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_1=m
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_2=m
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_3=m
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_4=m
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_5=m
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_6=m
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_7=m
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_9=m
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_13=m
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_14=m
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_15=m
CONFIG_NLS_KOI8_R=m
CONFIG_NLS_KOI8_U=m
CONFIG_NLS_UTF8=m
#
# Sound
#
CONFIG_SOUND=m
# CONFIG_SOUND_ALI5455 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_BT878 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_CMPCI is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_EMU10K1 is not set
# CONFIG_MIDI_EMU10K1 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_FUSION is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_CS4281 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_ES1370 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_ES1371 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_ESSSOLO1 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_MAESTRO is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_MAESTRO3 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_FORTE is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_ICH is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_RME96XX is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_SONICVIBES is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_TRIDENT is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_MSNDCLAS is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_MSNDPIN is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_VIA82CXXX is not set
# CONFIG_MIDI_VIA82CXXX is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_OSS is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_TVMIXER is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_AD1980 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_WM97XX is not set
#
# USB support
#
# CONFIG_USB is not set
#
# Support for USB gadgets
#
# CONFIG_USB_GADGET is not set
#
# Bluetooth support
#
# CONFIG_BLUEZ is not set
#
# Watchdog
#
# CONFIG_SOFT_WATCHDOG is not set
#
# Kernel hacking
#
# CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL is not set
# CONFIG_STACK_DEBUG is not set
CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT=0
#
# Cryptographic options
#
CONFIG_CRYPTO=y
CONFIG_CRYPTO_HMAC=y
CONFIG_CRYPTO_NULL=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_MD4=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_MD5=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_SHA1=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_SHA256=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_SHA512=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_DES=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_BLOWFISH=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_TWOFISH=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_SERPENT=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_AES=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_CAST5=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_CAST6=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_ARC4=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_DEFLATE=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_TEST=m
#
# Library routines
#
CONFIG_CRC32=m
CONFIG_ZLIB_INFLATE=y
CONFIG_ZLIB_DEFLATE=m
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