On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 08:32:35AM -0500, Schaefer, Robert (PS) wrote: > Okay, I've managed to get my SS5 to boot and start installing the system. > However, when I went to boot the live system after the base is installed, > I've hit my next snag. I had to set up the ever popular /boot partition due > to the 1gig bug, and Debian didn't correctly configure the system to boot > with this. So, since it was still looking for silo.conf in /etc, I'm stuck
mv /etc/silo.conf /boot ln -s /boot/silo.conf /etc/ #probably don't need to do this vim /boot/silo.conf # make sure it is pointed at the /boot partition... silo -C /boot/silo.conf worked for me... it's probably a good idea to cd /boot ; ln -s /boot . > at a boot prompt. I know I can specify the name of the kernel image and the > root partition, but I don't know what the name of the kernel image is. So, > please help me with this information! Either that or was there a step I > missed in the install that would have allowed me to set it up correctly? the installer should do the above for you.. should probably file a bug on it... ls should work if it has the right partition, othwerwise you have to specify the drive... > I'm connecting through a serial console, and I don't think the alt-f keys > work, but I'm not sure. I don't mind starting over again at this point, but > would like to rescue this system if I can! Thanks for the help! boot the installer again and mount+chroot into your current installation. no reason to start over. -- -Justin
