De (from) (von) <b...@stsx.org> :

> On Sat, 2009-02-14 at 19:43 +0100, 686f6c6d wrote:
> > I do not fully understand the "remote rootfs/nfs" method you used (if
> > you did, but I assume it from the discussion). Could you, for
> > completeness, document what you did?

> If you have an NFS root available, you can boot the Soekris box from it
> and install lilo onto the CF. Requires lilo on the NFS root + a chrooted
> "apt-get install lilo" onto the CF's root partition + a 'lilo -C'
> against the root partition. Make sure both lilo's are the same  version.

I understand that but it's not my installation method. Sorry but thanks.

> Using a Debian installer image you can install Debian directly onto the
> CF after a TFTP boot, but I think you (Philippe) already did that.

Sure I do,

> Doesn't Debian have an option for installing lilo i.o. GRUB? 

no...only grub (is lilo old ?)

>Can't remember, but I suspect it is possible (it isn't with a
> standard Ubuntu, but that's Ubuntu..).
> A colleague of mine once stated that he would never trust anything that
> called itself Grand and Unified, he probably was right;)

Perhaps the solution is to install grub on the 1rst partition (that is
not on the mbr). I'll try this

-- 
Philippe Monroux
E 55.3 S 21.5
http://zygomaths.pagespro-orange.fr/index.html

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