> I already have a grub based USB drive and I boot most > of my live OSs from there. I thought I will add MilaX > there. I downloaded the milax0.5.usb and mounted it > in Linux using the RO UFS driver. It had the > following structure: > > # /bin/ls -R > .: > boot boot.catalog lost+found usr.zlib > > ./boot: > grub milax platform > > ./boot/grub: > <grub blah> > > ./boot/grub/bin: > grub > > ./boot/platform: > i86pc > > ./boot/platform/i86pc: > kernel > > ./boot/platform/i86pc/kernel: > unix > > I created a boot directory in the root of my 2nd > partition (FAT32) of the USB drive. Put 'milax' in > /boot/, 'cp -a' the platform folder in /boot/, copied > usr.zlib to /, and added an entry in my existing > menu.lst to boot with > > title MilaX 0.5 (32 bit) > find --set-root /gentoo.igz > kernel /boot//platform/i86pc/kernel/unix > module /boot/milax > ds everything fine and boots but goes straight to > maintenance mode. I login with alex/alex but most > commands are not found. Most annoying being lack of > 'more' or 'less'. Without these I can't see what went > beyond the screen full output from other commands > like prtconf. > > Anybody has any idea why it doesn't boot properly? > > What is the usr.zlib for? And what exactly is it? > > PS: I would really appreciate it if someone could get > rid of the beep on pc speaker for me or at least tell > me a command which can do that. Its loud and annoying!
usr.zlib contains /usr directory, so you can't do something without it. To mount it, the boot archive looks for UFS partition on the USB drive. ::alhazred -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ distribution-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/distribution-discuss
