the partition your linux kernel is on is after the 1GB "limit" of your prom.... the error message says it. I had this problem also and ended up making a 15mb linux partition at the beginning and mounted it as /boot. It will let you run the linux system that way...
>--- Original Message --- >From: Peter Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: 6/20/02 10:39:17 AM > >Hi, > >this time in English, > >It�s a SS20 with ROM 2.22 > >Ok, > >on Disk with SCSI ID 3 I�ve installed SuSe 7.3, >on Disk with SCSI ID 1 I�ve installed Solaris 9. > >In PROM I can boot both Systems by using "boot linux" or "boot solaris". I >did this nvalias stuff in the prom. > >This ist silo.conf file > >------ >timeout=1000 >partition=1 >read-only > >image=/vmlinuz > label=linux > root=/dev/sdb4 > >other=/iommu/sbus/espdma/esp/sd@1,0;1 > label=solaris >------ > >Booting Linux works fine (beside my other question) > >but if I try to boot solaris I get this error message > >------ >Fatal error: Wrong disklabel magic >Buggy old PROMs don�t allow reading past 1GB from start of the disk. Send >complains to SMCC > >Read error on block 1 (tried 512, got -1) > >Internal error while loading physical blocks from device > >Image not found.... try again >------ > >any suggestions > >thanks > >Peter > >-- >Sent through Global Message Exchange - http://www.gmx.net > > >-- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
