Maybe I should read the original email before replying, oops. The only thing that I didn't see is the size of the hd0s1 partition.
What error message would come up, on boot, if the partition was too big for the ext2fs.static translator to map? --- James Morrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- Jeff Bailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun, Dec 30, 2001 at 11:26:22PM +0200, Mikko Rauhala wrote: > > > > > The kernel does boot, and it does find the hd0s1 partition (the > > only > > > one in the box right now) at partition check. It also tells > that > > the > > > aforementioned tasks are loaded, but hangs at the point where > it > > > says: "start /hurd/ext2fs.static: " > > > > I've never gotten the Hurd to boot using those commands (although > > they're supposed to be the Right Way to do it). Try the > following: > > > > root (hd0,0) > > kernel /boot/gnumach.gz root=hd0s1 > > module /boot/serverboot.gz > > > > And you should get past this point. > > Could post the lines you used to boot the GNU Hurd. If you used > the > pdf version of the install guide then you will have to read one of > the > other versions of the install guide and get the entire lines needed > to > boot the Hurd. > > Would it be a good idea to remove the pdf version of the install > guide since the pdf version only shows the first seventy some > characters of each line. > > > ===== > James Morrison > University of Waterloo > Computer Science - Digital Hardware > 2A co-op > http://hurd.dyndns.org > > Anyone refering this as 'Open Source' shall be eaten by a GNU > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Send your FREE holiday greetings online! > http://greetings.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > Help-hurd mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-hurd ===== James Morrison University of Waterloo Computer Science - Digital Hardware 2A co-op http://hurd.dyndns.org Anyone refering this as 'Open Source' shall be eaten by a GNU __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Help-hurd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-hurd
