Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 07:14:19 +0800 From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] 100ct, big hd, boot problem...
At 11:55 AM 26/03/2002 -0800, you wrote: >Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 19:49:31 +0100 >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [LIB] 100ct, big hd, boot problem... > > >> putting it back in my 100ct brings up the bootloader >> (grub or lilo), but then fails to boot up the os >> successfully. > >i tried using ez-drive, but that didn't make a difference. >but as it turns out, the default laptop kernel that ships >with redhat 7.2 was the culprit (2.4.7?). trying a more >recent kernel brought at least kernel up (it still hangs >mounting the root partition, but i'm optimistic that a >recompile with different parameters can solve that). How did you create the partitions? According to some Linux doc that I read somewhere (and I confirmed this by trial and error), if you use EZ-Drive, you MUST create the first partition using MS-DOS FDISK. After that, you can create any subsequent partitions however you like. The reason for this is that Linux's partitioning tools (FDISK/CFDISK, Disk Druid, etc.) look at the first partition to see if EZ-Drive is there. If it is then it compensates, if the first partition is NOT there then somehow it can't figure out that EZ-Drive is there. Have a look when the kernel boots. When it goes through the partition check, if it doesn't say something like the following, it doesn't know about EZ-Drive and it'll fail to mount. Its the [EZD] [remap...] bit thats critical. Partition check: hda: [EZD] [remap 0->1] [xxxx/xxx/xx] hda1 hda2 ...... Of course, you MUST also have EZ-Bios running whenever you create partitions with ANY tool on the disk otherwise you'll not only get boot problems, you'll get a corrupted partition table (again this is through experience!!!). Hope this helps! - Raymond --- /~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\ | | "Does fuzzy logic tickle?" | | ___ | "My HDD has no reverse. How do I backup?" | | /__/ +-------------------------------------------| | / \ a y b o t | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | | HTTP://www.raybot.net | | ICQ: 31756092 | Need help? Visit #Windows98 on DALNet! | \~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/ ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
