Hello Jakub,
On Tue, 4 Apr 2000, Jakub Jelinek wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 04, 2000 at 07:40:30AM -0700, Mr. James W. Laferriere wrote:
> > On Tue, 4 Apr 2000, Jakub Jelinek wrote:
> > > On Tue, Apr 04, 2000 at 02:54:11AM -0700, Mr. James W. Laferriere wrote:
> > > > Hello All, While installing RH-6.2 Got to the silo configuration
> > > > screen . I couldn't find /dev/hdb1 . only four lines appeared in
> > > > the view area , I clicked into the view & cursored down the
> > > > select line disappeared below the viewable area . But at least I
> > > > could select the partition . This is just a heads up for others .
> > > Can you expand a little bit on what was your disk setup, whether you chose a
> > > separate /boot partition or not and where /boot resp. / ended up, plus what
> > > you expected to find in the SILO configuration?
> > There two drives , an st38421a partitioned for solaris7
> > partitioned thusly ,
> > Device Flag Start End Blocks Id System
> > * /tmp/hda1 0 400 201600 2 SunOS root
> > /tmp/hda2 u 400 661 131544 3 SunOS swap
> > /tmp/hda3 0 16366 8248464 5 Whole disk
> > * /tmp/hda5 661 2742 1048824 7 SunOS var
> > /tmp/hda6 2742 4823 1048824 0 Empty
> > * /tmp/hda7 4823 7944 1572984 4 SunOS usr
> > * /tmp/hda8 7944 16366 4244688 8 SunOS home
> > an Fujitsu mpe3102at for ultralinux partitioned thusly ,
> > ** /tmp/hdb1 783 19855 9612288 83 Linux native (/)
> > /tmp/hdb2 u 262 783 262584 82 Linux swap
> > /tmp/hdb3 u 0 19855 10006920 5 Whole disk
> > /tmp/hdb4 1 262 131544 83 Linux native (/boot)
> > I am not sure what you mean by 'where /boot resp. / ended up' ?
> > If in respects to where on the disk that is above . If in
> > respects to where it showed up in the 'Silo configuration' it
> > did not show there , only the items above marked with a '*'
> > could be seen . hdb1 (**) above is in the list but below the
> > viewable pane . There isn't a scroll bar available for the pane .
> Ok, point taken it should have a scroll bar (I don't have a suitable hw
> configuration to test this now but will look into it later).
> But did it cause some harm? I mean it should create the linux image in
> silo.conf anyway, no matter which one you choose as default.
> And in any case you can boot any image you want from the SILO command line.
No problem I was able to select the hdb1 partition . It was
Just hidden . It wasn't until I selected into the pane &
cursored down & noticed that the selection highlight was below
the pane & then the partition information appeared in the
appropriate places , that I understood that the partition was
down there hidden .
> > Also during the installation it never asked for IP's or system
> > name , But I beleive I know why . The ether port wasn't
> > connected to a hub/switch . Is this correct ?
>
> What kind of installation was it? CD-ROM or FTP/HTTP/NFS/HDD, and what was
> your boot method (boot cdrom or boot net or boot floppy)?
cdrom & 'boot cdrom' with svga monitor & type 5keyboard & mouse .
Hth, JimL
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