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Re: lilo problem



I'm just coming into the thread, but if you had your initrd=
in the main section of lilo.conf, try putting it
in the image section of your Sid kernel. That way,
no other kernel will try to use it.

Bob


On Fri, Feb 22, 2002 at 03:47:53PM +0100, Rudy Gevaert wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Due to some workload I've only had the time to look at this now.
> 
> On Thu, Feb 21, 2002 at 05:12:12AM -0800, Alvin Oga wrote:
> > 
> > hi ya
> > 
> > if it hands on "ramdisk"... remove that initrd line...
> > and/or make sure the file exists as typed
> 
> Wel, I removed the initrd line from lilo.conf, and redhat boots fine,
> but when I try to boot Sid I get a kernel panic, "no init found... try
> passing init= ...etc".
> 
> This is my lilo.conf:
> 
> [root@webworm /root]# cat /etc/lilo.conf
> boot=/dev/hda
> map=/boot/map
> install=/boot/boot.b
> prompt
> timeout=50
> linear
> default=nieuwekernel
> 
> image=/boot/2.4.17
> label=nieuwekernel
> read-only
> 
> image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.19
> label=DebianSid
> read-only
> root=/dev/hdc1
> 
> other=/dev/hda1
> label=dos
> 
> > initrd is not needed if your kernel has all the hardware
> > drivers needed to boot...
> 
> So this explains why I get that error?  Because it is still the standard
> kernel from Sid?
> 
> <for to install make, and want to install it>
> 
> > if you're referring to redhats "simple install"..
> > 	- just boot the cdrom and tell it upgrade
> > 	and it will go thru what you got ant ask you 
> > 	what else you want
> 
> No, I'm referring to Debians install, when you can choosse: Simple or
> advanced install. ;)  How do I get that screen back?  Or, what packages
> do I have to install to get make etc?  (I guess gcc ...?)
> 
> > 	rh is such a pita aint it???
> 
> Yes!  But let me explain, when I got my new pc and started university I
> wanted GNU/Linux... and redhat was the only one I knew.  After a couple
> of months I got to know Debian (they used it in my studentgroup (don't
> know the right translation...), and I wiped windows out at home and
> installed debian.  On my new pc I had suffered 4 months to configure my
> dualhead that I didn't dare to install debian yet.. but now I bought a
> new hd; so the time has come to switch to debian :).
> 
> Thanks for the help up till now, I hope you can help me with the rest :)
> 
> Cheers,
> -- 
> Rudy Gevaert - rudy@zeus.rug.ac.be  - http://www.webworm.org
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> the other is busy making mistakes and becoming superior" 
>         -- Henry C. Link 
> 
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