Alan McKinnon [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On Saturday 26 April 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This is turning into a big time sink that I don't really have so I'll
probably just use cygwin stuff to get some unix tools onto vista.
But first, are you running gentoo in a vmware on vista?
I was
Alan McKinnon [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On Friday 25 April 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So, I'm thinking it probably won't do any real good to monkey around
with the kernel either, if the initramfs thing isn't the problem them
it seems likely to be a vista problem.
The kernel is exactly
On Saturday 26 April 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Alan McKinnon [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I was just starting to think you might be friend material. Then you
go and mention me and Vista in a positive sense in the same
sentence. I shall now have to send some of the lads around to your
Alan McKinnon [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The kernel is exactly where you should be monkeying. I reckon you have a
driver you need compiled in and it's a module because of the make
allconfig.
I went thru the makeconfig carefully. Even disallowing an early item
allowing intramfs boot, built
On Saturday 26 April 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This is turning into a big time sink that I don't really have so I'll
probably just use cygwin stuff to get some unix tools onto vista.
But first, are you running gentoo in a vmware on vista?
I was just starting to think you might be friend
Alan McKinnon [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On Thursday 24 April 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So assuming I've made some mistake in grub.conf I try to boot from
grub command line.
root = (hd0,0) (which is /dev/sda1 in linux terms)
kernel /kernel-2.6.25-r1
Nope. Kernel needs a
On Thursday 24 April 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Alan McKinnon [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
kernel /kernel-2.6.25-r1 root=(hd0)/sda3
Fails
Won't work. (hd0) is a grub thing. You need a /dev/sda3 or similar
in there
I think you are wrong about that. But just a fine point and not
On 4/24/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Alan McKinnon [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
[...]
In the screen shot provided note that it appears grub is expecting an
intramfs and only lists those types of devices, rejecting both
(hd0,0) and /dev/sda3.
Alan McKinnon [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Aah, now I see. It's one of two things, and neither is your
grub.conf. That's the kernel spitting that garbage at you, so your
grub.conf is just fine. You have either:
1. Compiled in the need for an initrd and have not supplied one, or
2.
On Friday 25 April 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Alan McKinnon [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Do you want to use an initrd, or due the highly customized thing
and dispense with it?
OK, let me explain a bit. I started compiling a kernel for this
install and somehow missed something important
Alan McKinnon [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Something seems to have changed with 2.6.25, more so than normal for new
versions. For instance, b43 refuses point blank to work here or do
anything remotely useful like a nice driver should. b43legacy doesn't
work either. They both work with earlier
On Friday 25 April 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So, I'm thinking it probably won't do any real good to monkey around
with the kernel either, if the initramfs thing isn't the problem them
it seems likely to be a vista problem.
The kernel is exactly where you should be monkeying. I reckon you
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