> Hello, > > I'm sorry to ask so silly question on the list for booting Linux. I hope > this is the last time for the installatin process. > > I've now the possibility to choose Linux in the choices proposed when I > keep the key "alt" pressed during startup.
Very likely, it will preswent the menu without the need to hold the alt/option key. > For doing that , I used : > > mkofboot --boot /dev/hdb2 -m/usr/lib/yaboot/ofboot --root /dev/hdb14 --partition 14 > > when I fall in Yaboot, it is looking for the image (the vmlinux file). it writes : > > boot: <NULL> > Loading kernel:... > Image not found... try again > boot: > > I tried to give the vmlinux path with --image option in mkofboot. As I see > that vmlinux was in /target/, il put --image /target/vmlinux. But nothing > better happened. > I think there are 2 issues. #1, /target/ is the path within the install program _only_. Linux mounts all volumes within one directory structure, and within the installer your root directory is actually a RAM disk. /target is where the system you are installing is mounted, within that RAM disk directory structure, for the duration of the installation. But when you want to actually boot into your new installation, there will be no more /target because your new installation will be the root of the directory structure. So, everything under /target under the installation system is under just / in your newly installed system. #2, I don't think the symlink /vmlinux which is placed in your new system by the installer is recognized by the bootloader. That is probably a bug which should be fixed. In any case, I and others have had success by editing the yaboot.conf and making the image=/boot/vmlinux-2.2.19. You might also get the same results by including the same --image= option in your mkofboot command. (it works because that's the actual kernel location and name for the Debian 2.2r3 installation). > Do I have something else to configure ? > > Note that I only mount and initialize partition 14 (except swap partition > and bootstrap). > > Thank you for any help. > > Alain Paschoud > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Chris Tillman [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Chris Tillman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
