On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 4:15 PM, Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Daniel da Veiga wrote: > > On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 3:31 PM, Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Daniel da Veiga wrote: > >> > > >> > Tell me about it, gotta drag this old machine all the way up to the > >> > forth floor. It was an inexpensive choice for a file server, and I was > >> > happy to see the Gentoo Minimal CD booting (cause then I was sure it > >> > would work). > >> > > >> > Anyway, I had to go (I'm on the road right now) and left it compiling > >> > a new kernel (manually this time), that I'll test tomorrow. > >> > > >> > Is there any way to copy the LiveCD kernel and initrd so I can boot > >> > the EXACT kernel the CD is using? This way I can troubleshoot this > >> > damn thing without a LiveCD and chroot every 5 minutes... > >> > > >> > >> There may be a way to copy those setting and such but I'm not sure how. > >> If Knoppix can do it there has to be a way. I read you can put Knoppix > >> on a hard drive too. > >> > >> I can say one thing about the server, it has great cooling for a old > >> rig. I think they made it big and heavy so the fans would not push it > >> across the floor. LOL > >> > >> I wonder if I can copy that to the floppy? I think the floppy works. > >> I'll check on that in a little bit. May save me from dragging that > >> thing in the house. > >> > >> > > > > Well, thanks for the help guys. > > When installing, I used the config from the LiveCD to build my own. It > > seems that, somehow along the way (probably oldconfig?!) some serious > > support was removed or marked as module. I mean the console support... > > I'm pretty sure I didn't messed up with that part, and still, it > > wasn't there. Well, 7 hours wasted on this, gosh... > > > > Thanks again. > > > > > > Just to clarify, you can boot from the hard drive and it is working now? >
Yeah, its booting from the hard drive and working just fine. No need for the chain and tractor anymore. Thanks again. -- Daniel da Veiga -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
