Re: CHoose OS v0.80 - Tale of Woe

1997-12-16 Thread Torsten Hilbrich 
Philip Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 Hi
 
 Sorry, I can't provide a fix, but I would like to find out more
 about CHoose OS 0.80.  Where can I get more info/download?

ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/boot/loaders/chos-0.8.tar.gz

Torsten

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Re: CHoose OS v0.80 - Tale of Woe

1997-12-14 Thread Torsten Hilbrich 
Victor Torrico [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 On 97/12/11 at 08:25 AM -0500, Victor Torrico wrote: 
 
 Hello,
   
 Think CHOS is the greatest thing since chocolate ice cream.  I have
 it partially configured but can't boot all OSs on several
 partitions.  Obviously it's a case of cockpit trouble on my part.
 I've tried all I can do to get all three bootable partitions to boot
 with only partial success.  Here's the sad tale:

 My /etc/chos.conf file is: (before I tried other OSs)
   
 snip
   
 # BACKGOUND
 background=dump:/boot/bg/chos.bin
   
 # MENUPOSITION
 menupos=21,16
   
 # TIMERPOSITION
 timerpos=24,3
   
 #   FILE SETTINGS
 #
 #
   
 #   IMAGES
 #
 ##
   
 bootsect DOS {
   color=lightblue
   image=/dev/hda1
 }
   
 linux Linux {
   color=blue
   image=/vmlinuz
 }
   
 linux Old Linux {
   color=red
   image=/boot/vmlinuz.old
 }

Try biglinux instead.  By default, Debian kernels are built as such
ones and chos don't detect it.

Here is an example from my chos.conf (also version 0.8):

  big_linux Debian Linux {
  image=/vmlinuz
  cmdline=ro
  color=white
  }

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CHoose OS v0.80 - Tale of Woe

1997-12-14 Thread Philip Jensen 

Hi

Sorry, I can't provide a fix, but I would like to find out more about CHoose OS
0.80.  Where can I get more info/download?

thanks
Philip Jensen




On 97/12/11 at 08:25 AM -0500, Victor Torrico wrote:

Hello,

Think CHOS is the greatest thing since chocolate ice cream.



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CHoose OS v0.80 - Tale of Woe

1997-12-12 Thread Victor Torrico 
On 97/12/11 at 08:25 AM -0500, Victor Torrico wrote: 

Hello,
  
Think CHOS is the greatest thing since chocolate ice cream.  I have it partially
configured but can't boot all OSs on several partitions.  Obviously it's a case
of cockpit trouble on my part.  I've tried all I can do to get all three
bootable partitions to boot with only partial success.  Here's the sad tale:
  
Running Debian Linux i586 box with two 1.6 GByte EIDE hard drives.  Before I was
using the OS/2 loader and lilo which worked fine for selecting the partition to
boot.  The actual partitions are:
  1.   * /dev/hda2 -  linux OS mounted as / (Use entire drive for linux)
  2. /dev/hdb6 -  linux OS mounted as /mnt/deb (Use for file storage only)
  3.   * /dev/hdb7 -  linux OS mounted as /mnt/debb (Emergency linux partition)
  4.   * /dev/hdb8 -  OS/2 OS mounted as /mnt/os2 (HPFS)
 
   * = bootable OSs  
 
The names for the three bootable partitions I would use for CHOS would be:
  
/dev/hda2 = Linux A (there are 2 kernels here /boot/vmlinuz  /boot/vmlinuz.old)
/dev/hdb7 = Linux B
/dev/hdb8 = OS/2
  
Right now the only kernel that will load is /boot/vmlinuz.old.  /boot/vmlinuz
will not load.  Also using vchos I couldn't get /dev/hdb7 or /dev/hdb8 to load
no matter what I tried.  It's probably something dumb I'm overlooking.

Please help or point me to where I can get help.
  
My /etc/chos.conf file is: (before I tried other OSs)
  
snip
  
# BACKGOUND
background=dump:/boot/bg/chos.bin
  
# MENUPOSITION
menupos=21,16
  
# TIMERPOSITION
timerpos=24,3
  
#   FILE SETTINGS
#
#
  
#   IMAGES
#
##
  
bootsect DOS {
  color=lightblue
  image=/dev/hda1
}
  
linux Linux {
  color=blue
  image=/vmlinuz
}
  
linux Old Linux {
  color=red
  image=/boot/vmlinuz.old
}
  
snip
  
I also tried image=/boot/vmlinux under Linux with no success (no boot).
Old Linux boots fine.  I don't use DOS at all so I can simply elininate that
part of the file.
  
  
Regards,
   
-- 
Victor Torrico
  
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