tftp bug when seeking back

2001-09-19 Thread Frank Mehnert
Hi, since GRUB is able to load ELF symbols, GRUB crashes if the ELF kernel contains symbols and the kernel image is to be read from network ((nd)/tftpboot/ directory, line ). I've tracked down what goes wrong: In file netboot/fsys_tftp.c in function tftp_read(), the file is reopened if the new

Root-Over NFS Diskless booting

2001-09-19 Thread Michael Taylor
I have installed Grub and I am using it to do network booting. I have bootp set up where it will get a IP, and it can pull down a kernel off of my server using tftp and boot from it. But when i pass arguments to the kernel to use NFS for a ROOT Filesystem i get this error. And i have not found a

Re: Root-Over NFS Diskless booting

2001-09-19 Thread Robert Siemer
From: Michael Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] It will start booting the 2.4.9 kernel, but when it comes time to mount the / filesystem i get this error. RPC Call returned error 101 Root-NFS: Unable to get nfsd port number, using default NFS Server returned error -101 while mounting / I don't

Re: Creating a bootable floppy

2001-09-19 Thread Greg Ward
On 18 September 2001, Derrik Pates said: Make an MS-DOS filesystem on the floppy. Mount it OK, no problem. I made an ext2 FS, but whatever. and do grub-install --root-directory=[mountpoint] '(fd0)'. Here's where things fall apart: # grub-install --root-dir=/floppy '(fd0)' More than one

Re: Creating a bootable floppy

2001-09-19 Thread Derrik Pates
On Wed, 19 Sep 2001, Greg Ward wrote: # grub-install --root-dir=/floppy '(fd0)' Um. You have to type it _exactly_ - --root-dir isn't going to work, you have to type --root-directory. More than one install_devices? Usage: grub-install [OPTION] install_device Install GRUB on your

Cannot install grub in linux-shell version of grub

2001-09-19 Thread Yaroslav Popovitch
Hi,again! I wrote some weeks ago about troubles with installing grub under linux-shell version of grub.(0.5.98).It works properly with standart ide-disks. I tried to install grub to logical disk of Compaq SCSI Smart Array 5300 RAID controller(cciss.o). I used install command.

Re: Installing GRUB in /dev/hdc to boot as /dev/hda

2001-09-19 Thread Ivan Passos
Ivan Passos wrote: Ivan Passos wrote: I'm trying to replace LILO with GRUB. One of the most important features of LILO for my development environment is to be able to install LILO on a secondary HD (e.g. /dev/hdc) and then move this HD to another system, where it'll be the primary

Re: Cannot install grub in linux-shell version of grub

2001-09-19 Thread Derrik Pates
On Wed, 19 Sep 2001, Yaroslav Popovitch wrote: I tried to install grub to logical disk of Compaq SCSI Smart Array 5300 RAID controller(cciss.o). I used install command. /sbin/grub root (...) install ... and etc. But I got an error:22 NO SUCH PARTITION What device

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2001-09-19 Thread pauldutcher1
hello, please forgive my intrution but this looked like a good place to ask my silly question. I want to boot other oses like windows and win nt in partitians that start above 8.4 gig... can the latest version of grub do this thanks paul

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2001-09-19 Thread Derrik Pates
Could you have your mail client wrap at 72 columns or something in the future? On Wed, 19 Sep 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: please forgive my intrution but this looked like a good place to ask my silly question. I want to boot other oses like windows and win nt in partitians that