I see your point
Here's /etc/fstab
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# NOTE: If your BOOT partition is ReiserFS, add the notail option to opts.
/dev/hda1 /boot reiserfs
noauto,noatime,notail 1 1
/dev/hda7 / reiserfs noatime
0 0
/dev/hda6 none swap sw
0 0
/dev/hda5 /tmp reiserfs noatime
0 0
/dev/hda2 /home reiserfs noatime
0 0
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,ro,users
0 0
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,users
0 0
proc /proc proc defaults
0 0
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lilo.conf has
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image = /boot/bzImage
root = /dev/hda7
label = Gentoo
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Also, note that
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yababa root # /sbin/lilo -t
Fatal: open /boot/bzImage: No such file or directory
yababa root #
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If the root for boot was changed, lilo should have found the /boot/bzImage.
Also, I did
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yababa root # find / -name bzImage
/usr/src/linux-2.4.19-gentoo-r9/arch/i386/boot/bzImage
/usr/src/linux-2.4.19-gentoo-r10/arch/i386/boot/bzImage
yababa root #
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I am not sure where is the /boot/bzImage that shows up in the lilo.conf file.
Appreciate help.
Regards
Pete
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On Sun, 26 Feb 2006 18:02:07 -0600, "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr."
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote :
> On Sunday 26 February 2006 17:51, "Pete" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about
> '[gentoo-user] system boot':
> > This is what I don't understand
> >
> > ------------------
> >
> > yababa root # ls -l /boot/
> > total 1272
> > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 483904 Feb 26 04:56
> > System.map-2.4.19r10AR lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1 Jan 12
> > 2003 boot -> . -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 814688 Feb 26 04:40
> > bzImageAR yababa root #
> >
> > ---------------------
> >
> > boot points to itself.
>
> That's pretty standard. From my system:
>
> # mount /boot
> # ls /boot/boot -l
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1 Jan 30 10:46 /boot/boot -> .
> # umount /boot
> # ls /boot -l
> total 0
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1 Aug 6 2005 boot -> .
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 80 Jan 31 09:29 grub
>
> Not really sure why that grub directory is in there...
>
> > Before I copied the System.map-2.4.19r10AR and
> > bzImageAR, there was nothing in there.
> >
> > How does the system boot? ? ?
>
> Could boot be on a separate partition? Check /etc/fstab.
>
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