> > > > PXE or something like that, seems to used for the ability to boot a > > system from over a network, but there is no direct option for it. > > That isn't a boot manager :) It's just for Intel network cards.. I > have a Intel Gbit card too, and it has the same prog. It allows you to > boot a PXE over LAN. Nothing to do with this problem.. > >
Good to know, I did not have the RJ-45 cable plugged in, so it probably was complaining about that! > > > > > > I've seen cable problems (although I've never seen anything that > > > complained) - for IDE it doesn't always work if you have only a > > > slave, and perhaps with CS and the drive connected at the slave > > > position it might fail. With SCSI, termination is important. > > > > > > > I was working on just getting the single drive as a master. I did try > > it also in the save position, but the bios then complained about there > > being no primary hard drive. > > You can set that error to ignore, but it doesn't help solve the > problem, as it won't change the order they are listed in grub. That > could only be changed by editing the devices.map file. (grub install > required) > > I'm up, changing to to adapters with NO ID allows me to boot from the SCSI drive. I had not compiled enough SCSI pieces into my kernel. After adding the adapter and a few other items, I was able to make it to the bash prompt. Putting my RJ45 got me on the net, so now I'm building packages in BLFS. Thanks for the hints and the details on the PXE. To bad the LFS mailing list cannot be google scanned so that particular tidbit would be available on the web. Alan -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
