Re: RH Linux 7.1 on DPW 433au

["Terry A. Bowling" <terry bowling verizon com>]

try this:
>>>boot dka0 -fl h

This will error out as an invalid flag at which point you will get a menu
where you can list all of your boot options as defined in
/boot/etc/aboot.conf.

Probably all you need to do is type:
>>>boot dka0 -fl 0
But if you list the different options, you will be able to see the
format/layout that it is looking for.

You can also use this method after you install and tweak things out.  For
example, I have three different kernels I have added which I added to
aboot.conf.  So depending which number I pass as my flag, I can boot up
differently.  My aboot.conf looks like this:

[tab01@fwin175 etc]$ cat aboot.conf
# aboot default configurations
# NOTICE:  You have a /boot partition.  This means that
#          all kernel paths are relative to /boot/
0:1/vmlinuz-2.4.3-12 root=/dev/sda3 hda=ide-scsi hdc=ide-scsi
1:1/vmlinuz-2.4.3-12 root=/dev/sda3 console=ttyS0
2:1/vmlinuz-2.4.3-12 root=/dev/sda3 console=ttyS0 console=tty0
3:1/vmlinuz-2.4.3-12 root=/dev/sda3 single
4:1/vmlinuz-2.4.3-12 root=/dev/sda3 floppy=nodma,nofifo
5:1/vmlinuz-2.4.17 root=/dev/sda3 hda=ide-scsi hdc=ide-scsi
6:1/vmlinuz-2.4.17 root=/dev/sda3 single
7:1/vmlinuz-2.4.9 root=/dev/sda3 hda=ide-scsi hdc=ide-scsi

Note - I'm using the ide-scsi emulation so that Xcdroast can see my IDE
cdrom and cdrw.

Hope this helps...
Terry

Chris Pressley wrote:

> I'm unable to boot the RedHat CD from SRM console mode:
>
> >>> show dev
> dka0.0.0.4.0            DKA0            Toshiba CD-ROM XM-6102B 1106
> dkc0.0.0.1009.0         DKC0            RZ1CC-BA 883F
> dva0.0.0.0.1            DVA0
> ... etc ...
>
> After entering this boot comamnd:
>
> >>>boot dka0 =96file kernels/generic.gz =96flags =93root=3D/dev/scd0=94
>
> I get the following error:
>
> block 0 of dka0.0.0.4.0 is not a valid boot block
> bootstrap failure
>
> I'm using a standard RedHat Linux 7.1. Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
> Chris
>
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