Re: [newbie] error message on boot up
El sáb, 23-03-2002 a las 22:55, Song Sourisak escribió: Hi, I saw in the mail archive a question from you asking about the followin error at the boot: change root to /initrd: error -2 I was wondering if you have any idea to solve it. In the archive, the person that answer your question was pkoch and told you to do a search in the newsgroup. I tried but didn't find nothing.. If you did find that mail, may i ask you to forward to my email address? Thank you in advance. well, an error 2 is file not found .. you you have a /initrd dir? HTH Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] error message on boot up
Hi Damian, Thank you for responding to my message. For your question, no i dont have a /initrd dir... I heard that doing so, the error is gone...hip hip houray Can you tell me the way to do so. Thank you in advance Song The error was exactly (at the boot) : change root to /initrd: error -2 Is the minus 2 (-2) the same?? It all started when i update my kernel-2.4.8.31.2mdk on a ML 8.0. Le Dimanche 24 Mars 2002 16:15, vous avez écrit : El sáb, 23-03-2002 a las 22:55, Song Sourisak escribió: Hi, I saw in the mail archive a question from you asking about the followin error at the boot: change root to /initrd: error -2 I was wondering if you have any idea to solve it. In the archive, the person that answer your question was pkoch and told you to do a search in the newsgroup. I tried but didn't find nothing.. If you did find that mail, may i ask you to forward to my email address? Thank you in advance. well, an error 2 is file not found .. you you have a /initrd dir? HTH Damian Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] error message on boot up
El lun, 25-03-2002 a las 02:40, Song Sourisak escribió: Hi Damian, Thank you for responding to my message. For your question, no i dont have a /initrd dir... I heard that doing so, the error is gone...hip hip houray Can you tell me the way to do so. Thank you in advance Song you mean how to make /initrd dir? just su to root and make it, it's all there is to it. [user@localhost user]#su Password: ( enter your root password here ) [root@localhost user]# ( notice the prompt, you are root now ) [root@localhost user]# mkdir /initrd note: i just checked, i looked at my /initrd ( done this before long time ago, just didn't remember ) it has a file on it README.WARNING which reads (mkinitrd) Don't remove this directory, it's needed at boot time, in the initrd, to perform the pivot_root. i hope this solved your problem. ;o) Damian The error was exactly (at the boot) : change root to /initrd: error -2 Is the minus 2 (-2) the same?? It all started when i update my kernel-2.4.8.31.2mdk on a ML 8.0. hmm should be the same.. dunno honestly. Le Dimanche 24 Mars 2002 16:15, vous avez écrit : El sáb, 23-03-2002 a las 22:55, Song Sourisak escribió: Hi, I saw in the mail archive a question from you asking about the followin error at the boot: change root to /initrd: error -2 I was wondering if you have any idea to solve it. In the archive, the person that answer your question was pkoch and told you to do a search in the newsgroup. I tried but didn't find nothing.. If you did find that mail, may i ask you to forward to my email address? Thank you in advance. well, an error 2 is file not found .. you you have a /initrd dir? HTH Damian Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] error message on boot up
Hi, Just to be sure: do I create the /initrd dir in the /boot dir? Would it matter if i have the same your README.WARNING file in it? Maybe i don't get it but why is a simple text file in /initrd would take that error message away? Is it related to the fact that i changed the kernel for a new one (kernel-2.4.8.31.2 on ML 8.0) Thanx. Song Le Lundi 25 Mars 2002 01:08, vous avez écrit : El lun, 25-03-2002 a las 02:40, Song Sourisak escribió: Hi Damian, Thank you for responding to my message. For your question, no i dont have a /initrd dir... I heard that doing so, the error is gone...hip hip houray Can you tell me the way to do so. Thank you in advance Song you mean how to make /initrd dir? just su to root and make it, it's all there is to it. [user@localhost user]#su Password: ( enter your root password here ) [root@localhost user]# ( notice the prompt, you are root now ) [root@localhost user]# mkdir /initrd note: i just checked, i looked at my /initrd ( done this before long time ago, just didn't remember ) it has a file on it README.WARNING which reads (mkinitrd) Don't remove this directory, it's needed at boot time, in the initrd, to perform the pivot_root. i hope this solved your problem. ;o) Damian The error was exactly (at the boot) : change root to /initrd: error -2 Is the minus 2 (-2) the same?? It all started when i update my kernel-2.4.8.31.2mdk on a ML 8.0. hmm should be the same.. dunno honestly. Le Dimanche 24 Mars 2002 16:15, vous avez écrit : El sáb, 23-03-2002 a las 22:55, Song Sourisak escribió: Hi, I saw in the mail archive a question from you asking about the followin error at the boot: change root to /initrd: error -2 I was wondering if you have any idea to solve it. In the archive, the person that answer your question was pkoch and told you to do a search in the newsgroup. I tried but didn't find nothing.. If you did find that mail, may i ask you to forward to my email address? Thank you in advance. well, an error 2 is file not found .. you you have a /initrd dir? HTH Damian Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] error message on boot up
This is obvious to an old hand. When a directory name starts with / that means the top directory. It is the one that contains /bin, /etc, /home, /root and /var. That is why you can only write a new directory in it as root or su (super user). Michael Song Sourisak wrote: Hi, Just to be sure: do I create the /initrd dir in the /boot dir? Would it matter if i have the same your README.WARNING file in it? Maybe i don't get it but why is a simple text file in /initrd would take that error message away? Is it related to the fact that i changed the kernel for a new one (kernel-2.4.8.31.2 on ML 8.0) Thanx. Song Le Lundi 25 Mars 2002 01:08, vous avez écrit : El lun, 25-03-2002 a las 02:40, Song Sourisak escribió: Hi Damian, Thank you for responding to my message. For your question, no i dont have a /initrd dir... I heard that doing so, the error is gone...hip hip houray Can you tell me the way to do so. Thank you in advance Song you mean how to make /initrd dir? just su to root and make it, it's all there is to it. [user@localhost user]#su Password: ( enter your root password here ) [root@localhost user]# ( notice the prompt, you are root now ) [root@localhost user]# mkdir /initrd -- Anti-trust laws should be approached with exactly that attitude. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] error message on boot up
El lun, 25-03-2002 a las 03:21, Song Sourisak escribió: Hi, Just to be sure: do I create the /initrd dir in the /boot dir? Would it matter if i have the same your README.WARNING file in it? Maybe i don't get it but why is a simple text file in /initrd would take that error message away? Is it related to the fact that i changed the kernel for a new one (kernel-2.4.8.31.2 on ML 8.0) Thanx. Song nope, initrd is in the root dir ( / ) so that's why you type mkdir /initrd ( note the slash at the beginning of the dir's name ) my comment about that textfile was just to ensure the need for this dir. simply disregard it if you found it confusing. you just need that directory on your /. Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
