Re: Another Grub question/problem
On 28 Dec 2000, Brian May wrote: Hamish == Hamish Moffatt [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hamish On Wed, Dec 27, 2000 at 03:23:52PM +1100, Brian May wrote: still haven't tried 2.2.18. The video= options seems to be completely ignored, and Linux boots up as if it wasn't there. Hamish Did you check /proc/cmdline to see if grub actually passed Hamish it to the kernel? cat /proc/cmdline mem=131008K root=/dev/hda1 video=0x319 I am having similar problems on this diskless NFS-Root system, too,\ where I have tried all the suggested combinations. Right now: cat /proc/cmdline auto rw root=/dev/nfs video=788 nfsaddrs=192.168.87.130:192.168.87.129:192.168.87.129:255.255.255.0: ^ Am I seeing double or there's something wrong here?
Re: Another Grub question/problem
Cristian == Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: cat /proc/cmdline auto rw root=/dev/nfs video=788 nfsaddrs=192.168.87.130:192.168.87.129:192.168.87.129:255.255.255.0: Cristian ^ Cristian Am I seeing double or there's something wrong here? No, that is normal. The format (according to mknbi-linux man page is): client:server:gateway:netmask:hostname[:dev] -- Brian May [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Grub question/problem
On Tue, Dec 26, 2000 at 10:03:30PM +0100, Andreas Fuchs wrote: Hm, have you tried running grub-install --recheck and then Won't run: feivel:~# grub-install --recheck install_device not specified. Usage: grub-install [OPTION] install_device Install GRUB on your drive. -h, --help print this message and exit -v, --version print the version information and exit --root-directory=DIRinstall GRUB images under the directory DIR instead of the root directory. --grub-shell=FILE use FILE as the grub shell. --force-lba force GRUB to use LBA mode even for a buggy BIOS. --recheck probe a device map even if it already exists. INSTALL_DEVICE can be a GRUB device name or a system device filename. Reports bugs to bug-grub@gnu.org. This surely looks like a bug to me. reinstalling grub? Alternatively, you could just edit /boot/grub/device.map. I don't know if this helps, but it has worked for me. The problem is my device.map seems to be okay: (fd0) /dev/fd0 (hd0) /dev/hda Michael -- Michael Meskes Michael@Fam-Meskes.De Go SF 49ers! Go Rhein Fire! Use Debian GNU/Linux! Use PostgreSQL!
Re: Another Grub question/problem
On Wed, Dec 27, 2000 at 03:23:52PM +1100, Brian May wrote: At the moment I have: kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.17 root=/dev/hda1 video=0x319 try: kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.17 root=/dev/hda1 video=vesa:0x319
Re: Another Grub question/problem
On Wed, Dec 27, 2000 at 03:23:52PM +1100, Brian May wrote: still haven't tried 2.2.18. The video= options seems to be completely ignored, and Linux boots up as if it wasn't there. Did you check /proc/cmdline to see if grub actually passed it to the kernel? Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Another Grub question/problem
Hamish == Hamish Moffatt [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hamish On Wed, Dec 27, 2000 at 03:23:52PM +1100, Brian May wrote: still haven't tried 2.2.18. The video= options seems to be completely ignored, and Linux boots up as if it wasn't there. Hamish Did you check /proc/cmdline to see if grub actually passed Hamish it to the kernel? cat /proc/cmdline mem=131008K root=/dev/hda1 video=0x319 I am having similar problems on this diskless NFS-Root system, too,\ where I have tried all the suggested combinations. Right now: cat /proc/cmdline auto rw root=/dev/nfs video=788 nfsaddrs=192.168.87.130:192.168.87.129:192.168.87.129:255.255.255.0: -- Brian May [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Grub question/problem
A while ago I tested grub but decided against it since I needed a bios mapping to get M$ software running and that didn't work with grub but with lilo. Now I got myself some new hardware so I could make a complete machine running my second disk and no need anymore to switch drives. I copied the latest grub files to /boot/grub reinstalled and rebooted. but grub won't boot my machine. All I get is the message Loading stage1.5 and then the machine stands still. No error message whatsoever. Using lilo or a boot floppy as works well. I couldn't find this behaviour in grubs docs either so I wonder if this is a bug or am I doing something wrong here. I guess its the latter but the other time I tried I did the same and it worked. Any help sppreciated. Michael P.S.: Although it's a bit late I wish all of you a nice christmas! :-) -- Michael Meskes Michael@Fam-Meskes.De Go SF 49ers! Go Rhein Fire! Use Debian GNU/Linux! Use PostgreSQL!
Re: Grub question/problem
I copied the latest grub files to /boot/grub reinstalled and rebooted. but grub won't boot my machine. All I get is the message Loading stage1.5 and then the machine stands still. No error message whatsoever. Using lilo or a boot floppy as works well. Hm, have you tried running grub-install --recheck and then reinstalling grub? Alternatively, you could just edit /boot/grub/device.map. I don't know if this helps, but it has worked for me. Any help sppreciated. HTH. -- Andreas Fuchs, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], antifuchs Hail RMS! Hail Cthulhu! Hail Eris! All hail Discordia!
Re: Another Grub question/problem
How do you start Linux via grub with frame buffer enabled? On a system with a Matrox video card, I have got it going fine (with Matrox FB driver). However, on this computer, where I need to use the VESA driver, nothing I have tried seems to work. At the moment I have: kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.17 root=/dev/hda1 video=0x319 still haven't tried 2.2.18. The video= options seems to be completely ignored, and Linux boots up as if it wasn't there. -- Brian May [EMAIL PROTECTED]
