On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 01:34:44AM +0200, Josip Rodin wrote: > > I guess you want something simple, like this: > > root=/dev/hda2 > partition=2 > default=Linux > read-only > timeout=100 > append=" video=atyfb:off" > > image=/boot/vmlinuz > label=Linux > initrd=/boot/initrd.img > > The first parameter, "root", specifies the device that should be mounted as > root. It's no different from ix86, I guess. The "partition" parameter is the > number of the partition that is implied in the /some/thing paths later in > the file.
Andy *hugs* Josip :) That's what I needed: I'd ended up with a completely blank silo.conf. I wasn't sure whether I needed the full scale @PCI magic stuff that you have to work out at an OpenPROM prompt as the first line where it said root= Not knowing whether SILO numbered partitions from 0 or 1, I'd ended up with an off-by-one error _as well_ :( The OpenPROM is not immediately obvious - and not very well documented if you do a random Google search. Ditto silo.conf - at least when you're under the time pressure/pressure of "why doesn't the ###*??# thing work" that you put yourself under :) I think I can probably write this one off to experience: don't do stuff without good 'Net access, don't do stuff in a relative hurry on a Friday afternoon - ASK THE EXPERTS _FIRST_ :) > > After you edit, run silo to check the configuration. > I did - and it parsed it correctly. It looks like I'd managed to produce a grammatically correct SILO configuration file that validated - but was wrongly phrased :( > Thanks again, Andy > > -- > 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]