mi wrote: > > Hello, thanks for reply. > I didn't pick up the task until now, but will in a few days. > > David Balazic [Monday, 24. March 2003 10:28]: > >| You may post your working lilo.conf , so we can compare it to your > >| (non-working) grub setup. > So here it is.
The first obvious difference is the usage of the "vga=" option with lilo, but not with grub. > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > I. Config for mbr LILO of ide drive hd0 = hda: > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > read-only > lba32 > vga=ask > boot = /dev/hda > install = /boot/boot.b > map = /boot/map > message=/boot/bootmsg.txt > prompt > timeout=100 > # -------------- Image Section: > other = /dev/hdc > label = woodyC > alias = 4 > loader=/boot/chain.b > map-drive = 0x80 > to = 0x83 > > image = /boot/vmlinuz > label = kiste-2.19 # an old SuSe i have to wipe out ... > alias = 1 > root = /dev/hda6 > > image = /boot/vmlinuz > label = potato-2.19 # my first Debian; now my rescue system ;-) > alias = 2 > root = /dev/hdc11 > > image = /boot/vmlinuz > label = woody-2.19 # But usually i let it chain by timeout (image 0). > alias = 3 > root = /dev/hdc6 > > II. Config for mbr LILO of ide drive hd1 = hdc: > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > lba32 > boot=/dev/hdc > install=/boot/boot-menu.b > map=/boot/map > delay=400 > message=/boot/bootmsg.txt > prompt > timeout=200 > vga=0 > > image=/boot/vmlinuz # this one doesn't wotk with grub from floppy. > label=Woody > root=/dev/hdc6 > read-only > alias=1 > > image=/boot/POTATO/vmlinuz > label=Potato > read-only > root=/dev/hdc11 > optional > alias=2 > > other=/dev/hda > label=boot_hda > alias=3 > loader=/boot/chain.b > map-drive = 0x83 # didn't get it working with lilo. > to = 0x80 > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > In a few days, i go pick it up with Kernel 2.4.18 and 2.4.20. > If i get the same with 4.18 i'll try to file a bug report. > Thank you for the hint. > > micha. > > >| > When i boot a 2.4.17 kernel ( no matter if from the harddrive or from > >| > the floppy) it comes up ok, but then freezes, after 'Mounted root (ext2) > >| > readonly' .... only occasionally with some error reporting (see below). > >| > The root filesystem is on ide1 (master) = (hd1,5) = hdc6, a logical > >| > partition about 17 GB 'far' from the rim. I don't use any 'lba' option > >| > for grub. i did some tracking... > >| > My first idea was to pass the --no-mem-option; but that did not > >| > match.... Next idea, swap: there's a swap on each of both drives; > >| > so the kernel has to access the a ide drive that was inactive before. > >| > That's a difference i can imagine to my current 'fixed' LILO > >| > configuration, that chains from ide0 to ide1. > >| > But excluding the ide0-swap from /etc/fstab won't match, either. > >| > No i tried to boot a 2.2.19 kernel from ide0. > >| > That worked ! > >| > Next i copied this kernel to ide1, and voila ! there it works, too. > >| > Also from floppy. > >| > So it seems to be a 2.4.17 specific problem. > >| > > >| > Here's the first lines of it's error output, that occurs not every time, > >| > so I'm not sure if this is related to the freezing or not: > >| > > >| > Unable to handle paging request at virtual address f604c487 > >| > printing eip: c0118e3e > >| > xpde: 000000000000 > >| > Oops: 0002 > >| > [ much more stuff below, but no human language words...] > > _______________________________________________ > Bug-grub mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-grub -- David Balazic -------------- "Be excellent to each other." - Bill S. Preston, Esq., & "Ted" Theodore Logan - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - _______________________________________________ Bug-grub mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-grub
