Re: CHoose OS v0.80 - Tale of Woe
Victor Torrico <vtorrico@cfw.com> writes:
> On 97/12/11 at 08:25 AM -0500, Victor Torrico wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> Think CHOS is the greatest thing since chocolate ice cream. I have
> it partially configured but can't boot all OSs on several
> partitions. Obviously it's a case of cockpit trouble on my part.
> I've tried all I can do to get all three bootable partitions to boot
> with only partial success. Here's the sad tale:
>
> My /etc/chos.conf file is: (before I tried other OSs)
>
> ----snip----
>
> # BACKGOUND
> background=dump:/boot/bg/chos.bin
>
> # MENUPOSITION
> menupos=21,16
>
> # TIMERPOSITION
> timerpos=24,3
>
> # FILE SETTINGS
> #
> #####################
>
> # IMAGES
> #
> ##############
>
> bootsect "DOS" {
> color=lightblue
> image=/dev/hda1
> }
>
> linux "Linux" {
> color=blue
> image=/vmlinuz
> }
>
> linux "Old Linux" {
> color=red
> image=/boot/vmlinuz.old
> }
Try biglinux instead. By default, Debian kernels are built as such
ones and chos don't detect it.
Here is an example from my chos.conf (also version 0.8):
big_linux "Debian Linux" {
image=/vmlinuz
cmdline=ro
color=white
}
Torsten
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