Re: [K12OSN] wireless image on laptop hard drive

[Chris Thomas <cwt137 yahoo com>]

Hey Scott,

Have you read the "LILO with Etherboot" document at
etherboot.org? this is what I used to get etherboot
working with lilo.
http://www.etherboot.org/doc/html/lilo+etherboot/t1.html

Hope this helps.

Chris 

--- Scott Sherrill <scott hancock k12 mi us> wrote:
> inching closer....
> 
> I might have been misleading though... my config
> does
> mount the root filesystem from the LTSP server
> does the pivot_root
> mounts the devfs filesystem
> then tries to run init and fails.
> 
> The exact error I get is:
> 
> VFS: Cannot open root device "" or 09:00
> Please append a correct "root=" boot option
> Kernel panic VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 09:00
> 
> I got tired of the long echo so I made a lilo.conf
> file.  here's 
> what's in my file now:
> 
> image=/boot/vmlinuz
> initrd=/boot/initrd.img
> label=LTSP
> append="BOOTDEV=hda1"
> 
> 
> I've tried the following append options:
> 
> append="BOOTDEV=hda1"
> append="BOOTDEV=hda1 root=hda1"
> 
> append="BOOTDEV=/dev/hda1"
> append="BOOTDEV=/dev/hda1 root=/dev/hda1"
> append="BOOTDEV=/dev/hda1 root=/"
> 
> 
> Of course I just slapped myself upside the head and
> realized I have 
> to reload lilo after each update...sigh.... so none
> except the above 
> lilo.conf ever got tried ;-)
> 
> I will try other options tomorrow.
> 
> Scott
> 
> >Scott,
> >
> >You need to tell the /linuxrc script which device
> was used
> >for booting.
> >
> >This is done by passing a kernel command line arg
> like:
> >
> >     BOOTDEV=hda1
> >
> >Using lilo, I think you need to squeeze  "append
> BOOTDEV=hda1"  into
> >your echo statement, probably after the label=
> stmt.
> >
> >Jim McQuillan
> >jam Ltsp org
> >
> >
> >
> >On Wed, 10 Dec 2003, Scott Sherrill wrote:
> >
> >>  Working on loading the LTSP wireless package
> onto a local hard drive.
> >>  I've been following the directions on
> >> 
> http://www.peak.org/~mountainman/misc/LTSP-boot.html
> >>
> >>  (from the LTSP contrib area).
> >>
> >>  I am close.....but not there yet.
> >>
> >>  I *think* the problem is how I am setting up my
> LILO.  Here's what I
> >>  write to the drive (after writing all the files
> to the hard drive):
> >>
> >>  echo image=/boot/vmlinuz initrd=/boot/initrd.img
> label=LTSP | 
> >>/usr/bin/lilo \
> >>  -C - -b /dev/hda -i /boot/boot.b -c -m /boot/map
> >>
> >>  The machine boots up...loads vmlinuz....finds
> the nic and does a dhcp
> >>  request....
> >>
> >>  then as it goes to run init it fails saying
> Cannot open root device,
> >>  please append a correct root= boot option.
> >>
> >>  The kernel fails and dies.
> >>
> >>  I've tried adding the root option to lilo but it
> never worked right....
> >>
> >>  Any thoughts?  I've got to be missing just one
> more step.
> >>
> >>  Thanks
> >>
> >>  Scott
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
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> 
> -- 
> --
> Scott Sherrill
> Technology Coordinator Hancock Public Schools
> Hancock, MI
> http://www.hancock.k12.mi.us
> 
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