So I got another floppy drive connected via the parallel port, this one
can't be marked as bootable by the bios, however I can run loadlin from it
and this way the CDROM is plugged in at the kernel boot time.
However I can't seem to get the correct file/options set to boot the linux
kernel on the SuSE floppy using loadlin from a DOS prompt. Here is what I
tried:
loadlin e:\linux root=/dev/hdc ro
It loads the kernel with the following standard messages::
LOADLIN v1.6a (C) 1994..1996 Hans Lermen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
'Loading..........................(etc - 1 1/2 lines worth)'
Then it starts the boot of the kernel.
This time is does recognize the CDROM since it is installed at boot time with:
hda: TOSHIBA MK3003MAN, 2937 MB w/128kB Cache, CHS=746/128/63
hdc: TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-2402B, ATAPI CDROM drive
But right after:
Partition check:
hda: hda1 hda2 hda3 < hda5 >
hdc: media changed
Then it errors out with:
[MS-DOS FS Rel. 12,FAT 0,check=n,conv=b,uid=0,gid=0,umask=022,bmap]
[me=0x0,cs=0,#f=0,fs=0,fl=0,ds=0,de=0,data=0,se=0,ts=0,ls=0,rc=0,fc=4294967295]
Transaction block size = 512
UMSDOS Beta 0.6 (compatibility level 0.4, fast msdos)
[MS-DOS FS Rel. 12,FAT 0,check=n,conv=b,uid=0,gid=0,umask=022,bmap]
[me=0x0,cs=0,#f=0,fs=0,fl=0,ds=0,de=0,data=0,se=0,ts=0,ls=0,rc=0,fc=4294967295]
Transaction block size = 512
[MS-DOS FS Rel. 12,FAT 0,check=n,conv=b,uid=0,gid=0,umask=022,bmap]
[me=0x0,cs=0,#f=0,fs=0,fl=0,ds=0,de=0,data=0,se=0,ts=0,ls=0,rc=0,fc=4294967295]
Transaction block size = 512
VFS: Mounted root (iso9660 filesystem) readonly.
Unable to open an initial console.
So this time it booted and mounted the CDROM read-only, however now it is
complaining about a console path.
Any clues???
John Griffin
>
>If your CDROM is on an IDE controller and is ATPAPI then you can
>probably change your BIOS setting to make it bootable. It could be the
>setting that allows you to determine the boot order.
>
>>
>> Nope, I went into the CMOS configuration and the only bootable devices
>> are the floppy or the hard drive.
>>
>> Thanks anyway.
>>
>> jpg
>>
>>> Is your CD-ROM a bootable CD-ROM? The SuSE CD set is bootable... that's
>>> how I installed SuSE on my Toshiba Satellite.
>>>
>>> Mark
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I seem to have run into a small problem in attempting to install SuSe 5.3
>>>>on a Hewlett Packard OmniBook 5700CTX. I have a Xircom PCMCIA 10/100-Ready
>>>>network card, and the standard HP CD-ROM and 3.5 floppy drive modules.
>>>>
>>>> When I boot using the SuSE boot floppy in the 3.5 drive, the kernel
>>>>doesn't
>>>>recognize the CD-ROM because it was not installed since I was using the 3.5
>>>>floppy drive. Secondly the Xircom PCMCIA card is not in the list of
>>>>supported
>>>>network cards. There is a '-- More modules --' option but that just pulls
>>>>in
>>>>the same list of kernel modules. There is nothing in the SuSE manual about
>>>>what this '-- More modules --' option is, or how to utilize it.
>>>>
>>>> So I am stuck, I cannot install from CD-ROM because the kernel doesn't
>>>>see
>>>>it at boot time (since it is not plugged in), and I cannot install over the
>>>>network since there is no Xircom module.
>>>>
>>>> Any suggestions?
>>>>
>>>>John Griffin
>>>>
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