Bob Taylor wrote:
> > Try mounting /dev/sda2 as, say, /milo, and see what you find
> >.
> > You should see two executables: linload.exe and milo. My guess is that you j
> >ust
> > created a single .img-style file with dd. But you should be able to make a v
> >iable
> > linload.exe and milo just by mounting the milo floppy and copying * into /mil
> >o
> > (=/dev/sda2). (This is how I updated milo from RH 5.0 to 5.1, though I'm not
> > certain it's the "right" way to do things. :-)
>
> Hm. I don't have a directory /milo. What fs is it? Msdos?
I think it is MSDOS, but that should be handled automatically. Just do:mkdir
/milo
mount /dev/sda2 /milo
ls /milo
If it gives you grief about an unrecognized file system when you try to mount it,
than your kernel probably doesn't have support for MSDOS, or FAT, or whatever file
system it is. :-(
Note: I just tried mounting and reading my milo floppy and it didn't work. So if
you don't see linload.exe and milo when you ls /milo, you'll need to copy them in
from somewhere else, e.g. ftp://gatekeeper.dec.com/ . (Though from below, it
sounds like you may not need to do this.)
> Ok. This is what I thought. However, I have read in the documentation I
> have that the Alpha can't do modules. I would certainly like to use them.
Alpha most certainly can use modules. I use them all the time- especially for
sound.
> This is where I am before I read this post:
>
> 1. I recompiled the kernel with SCSI tape support and Sound Blaster support.
> 2. With much trepidation, I rebooted.
> 3. The system came up fine with the new kernel running.
Cool! Does it also work when you cycle power? (I.e. did you just type
"reboot" to get here? If so, milo may still be around, so you're not testing
whether it will boot into milo from scratch.)
> BTW, I re-partitioned my HD wiping out the original milo partition. I read
> the documentation (by documentation I mean Linux Alpha Installation Addendum
> by Red Hat) to find if I should have an entry in /etc/fstab for /milo. I
> didn't find any so left it empty.
Yeah, that's just Adam's invention to check up on things. (Found out later that
others do it too. :-) Sorry I wasted your time looking for it.
> The instruction I followed to load milo and linload.exe onto the milo
> partition (sda2) is on page 10 of Red Hat's Alpha Installation Addendum.
Okay, then I don't know what I'm talking about. :-) If it worked, cool.
> The bottom line seems to be that my system is properly set up (I guess!).
> However, there is still the question in my mind--why did the system boot
> when I first powered up and failed rebooting a recompiled kernel and now
> boots properly after a re-installation and recompiled kernel? Weird!
Can't answer that. But if the recompiled kernel changed, a lot of things might
have changed with it...
> Thanks for putting up with me and your help. I really appreciate it!
No problem. BTW, [EMAIL PROTECTED] generally has a lot more traffic than
[EMAIL PROTECTED] . There are much smarter people than I there, and
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filter them to the same folder.)
Zeen,
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