I tried the command without the specific partition number specified, and installboot indicates that the loader is successfully written to the compactflash device. I recompiled the loader and added debug statements. After writing the loader to the compactflash, startup is still successful but the debug statements do not appear. I suspect that the new loader is not being written to the compactflash device by the installboot command.
Gary -----Original Message----- From: Martin Michlmayr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 4:41 PM To: Gary Smith Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: Sibyl Boot Loader * Gary Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-11-27 16:26]: > bcm91250a:/usr/sbin# /usr/sbin/installboot -v /usr/lib/sibyl/sibyl.bin /dev/hdb1 My understanding is that you need /dev/hdb rather than /dev/hdb1. sibyl will then be written directly to the beginning of the disk, where it needs to be located. The hdb1 partition only exists because the sibyl binary is larger than the master boot record and so we're creating a bogus partition at the beginning of which parts will be used by sibyl. Alternatively, you could create a root partition that will not skip at the first sector, but there's currently no way to do this in the installer, so we're using the bogus DOS partition. Can you try /usr/sbin/installboot -v /usr/lib/sibyl/sibyl.bin /dev/hdb and let me know whether the system boots? -- Martin Michlmayr http://www.cyrius.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
