Bob Taylor wrote:
> In message <>, "Adam C. Powell, IV" writes:
>
> [snip]
>
> > > 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
>
> Ok. I just did this and got a nasty error about no valid file system found.
>
> > 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. :-(
>
> I did include these. Tried -t msdos and -t vfat. Same error.
So you did "make oldconfig" for your new kernel explicitly requesting support for
these filesystems, and booted successfully under the new kernel? If so, I'm
afraid I can't help you. But perhaps you're okay anyway and don't need to worry
about these...
> > Note: I just tried mounting and reading my milo floppy and it didn't work. S
> >o if
> > you don't see linload.exe and milo when you ls /milo, you'll need to copy the
> >m in
> > from somewhere else, e.g. ftp://gatekeeper.dec.com/ . (Though from below, it
> > sounds like you may not need to do this.)
>
> Since Red Hat's instructions are to dd /mnt/cdrom/images/milo to a floppy,
> I would assume that milo can read sda2.
>
> > > 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 fo
> >r
> > sound.
>
> Excellent! Red Hat's documentation is out of date!
>
> > > 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.)
>
> I haven't cycled power yet.
Uh oh. Then it's probably worth worrying about these things, before you cycle
power and have trouble coming back up...Then again, since you know how to come
back up using floppies, perhaps you should try to cycle power, and see if the BIOS
sees linload.exe and milo. Just for fun. :-)
> > > BTW, I re-partitioned my HD wiping out the original milo partition. I read
> > > the documentation (by documentation I mean Linux Alpha Installation Addendu
> >m
> > > 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 t
> >hat
> > 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.
>
> I wouldn't go that far. I was just telling you what the instructions say.
Ah. Right. Instructions. Sorry, didn't read those. (I'm bad that way. :-)
Okay, so according to the instructions (I'm looking at them now), you should be in
good shape to cycle power and set up your boot selection. That's the only other
way to tell whether you're right...
Zeen,
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