Hi, On Wed, 2006-08-09 at 10:48 +0100, Wayne Lee wrote: > 1, Yes > 2, Yes I did try chroot and it failed, Yes I had that too so I had to > re-install grub on the PC this morning. > > It's all good, it works, Thanks for your time and advice, > > keep up the excellent work on voyage. > > What is the network performance like on the WRAP boards? The max I can get > through a Soekris is 40mb >
Although I don't own a Soekris, it will most likely be very similar as the chips used (The NatSemi Geode and MacPhyter-II's) are the same. > > Wayne > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kim-man 'Punky' TSE" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Wayne Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 10:17 AM > Subject: Re: [Voyage-linux] soekris boot failure > > > > Hi Wayne, > > > > 1. Edit which lilo.conf? The one inside the CF? > > 2. How do you re-install lilo? on your PC? and did not use chroot to > > CF? If you just run lilo DIRECTLY on your PC and not under chroot, you > > may be MODIFYING your bootloader on your PC! You are running into a > > risk that your PC may not boot up again. > > > > And I really don't know much about 4801. So I don't know why the device > > name change. > > > > Regards, > > Punky > > > > Wayne Lee wrote: > > > Ok it works now. > > > > > > I edited lilo.conf.voyage and re-installed as per your advice. Before > that I > > > tried mounting the CF back in my PC then editing lilo.conf and tried > > > re-installing lilo from there which did not work. > > > > > > I'm a happy camper again :-). > > > > > > What I do not understand is why the boot drive has changed in the first > > > place > > > > > > Regards > > > > > > > > > Wayne > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Kim-man 'Punky' TSE" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 5:14 AM > > > Subject: Re: [Voyage-linux] soekris boot failure > > > > > > > > > > > >> It is because voyage assumes the boot and root device must be > > >> /dev/hda. You will need to manually modify etc/lilo.conf.voyage in > the > > >> distribution and reinstall it to CF card using voyage.update. > > >> > > >> Wayne Lee wrote: > > >> > > >>> HI Guys, > > >>> > > >>> I'm having trouble getting voyage to boot on a Soekris 4801 box, I've > > >>> have built several of these in the past with no problems until now. > > >>> I'm using the same image as before with the same CF card and > installing > > >>> monowall works ok. I'm using a pcmcia to CF adaptor which makes the CF > > >>> card appear as /dev/hdc. I can see that the installation works ok and > > >>> there are no errors until I put the CF in the Soekris and it fails to > > >>> boot with the following error. > > >>> > > >>> VFS Cannot open root device "301" or unknown-block(3,1) > > >>> Please append a correct "root=" boot option > > >>> Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on > > >>> unknown-block(3,1) > > >>> > > >>> lilo.conf > > >>> > > >>> boot = /dev/hda > > >>> #compact > > >>> install=text > > >>> map=/boot/map > > >>> vga=normal > > >>> delay=1 > > >>> serial=0,9600n8 > > >>> default=Linux > > >>> > > >>> image=/vmlinuz > > >>> # initrd=/initrd.img > > >>> root=/dev/hda1 > > >>> label=Linux > > >>> append="console=ttyS0,9600n8 " > > >>> read-only > > >>> # restricted > > >>> # alias=1 > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> I'm grateful for any help as I'm currently pulling my hair out! > > >>> > > >>> Wayne > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> _______________________________________________ > > >>> Voyage-linux mailing list > > >>> [email protected] > > >>> http://list.voyage.hk/mailman/listinfo/voyage-linux > > >>> > > >>> > > >> -- > > >> Regards, > > >> Punky > > >> > > >> P U N K N ! X . c o m > > >> Technology + Lifestyle > > >> (http://www.punknix.com) > > >> > > >> V O Y A G E . H K - http://www.voyage.hk > > >> Linux - voyage-0.2 is released! > > >> Store - Senao NMP-8602 Plus (400mW) is now in stock! > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Regards, > > Punky > > > > P U N K N ! X . c o m > > Technology + Lifestyle > > (http://www.punknix.com) > > > > V O Y A G E . H K - http://www.voyage.hk > > Linux - voyage-0.2 is released! > > Store - Senao NMP-8602 Plus (400mW) is now in stock! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Voyage-linux mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.voyage.hk/mailman/listinfo/voyage-linux -- http://blog.pcode.nl/ http://del.icio.us/pmjdebruijn/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/pmjdebruijn/ _______________________________________________ Voyage-linux mailing list [email protected] http://list.voyage.hk/mailman/listinfo/voyage-linux
