[Cbsupport] cbv distro
Kylie Davies
mailkylie at optushome.com.au
Mon Aug 13 12:33:20 UTC 2007
Hi Rohan,
I think something is going wrong at about point 10 on the documentation.
You need the /new directory to be there from the start.
I'd start again from scratch.
If you can pop on IRC (irc.freenode.net into #computerbank) we can help
with this if it is still needed.
Cheers,
Kylie
On Mon, 2007-08-13 at 20:34 +1000, Rohan Malhotra wrote:
> ok ok ok,
>
> i redid the steps with and without mounting the hd in /mnt/auto/hda2.
>
> the first time i did exactly as written with:
>
> "mkdir /new/tmp"
>
> then it says "mkdir: cannot create directory '/new/tmp' : no such file
> or directory"
>
> so i figured id have to make /new first and so i do 'mkdir /new' it
> works!
>
> then i proceeed with
>
> 'mkdir /new/proc'
> 'mkdir /new/sys'
> 'chmod 777 /new/tmp'
>
> those last 3 commands work fine no problems.
>
> i then do,
>
> 'mv /boot /boot.old'
> 'ln -s /new/boot /boot'
>
> so far so good,...
>
> now for the final command :
>
> 'lilo -C /new/etc/lilo.conf"
>
> i get : "/new/etc/lilo.conf: no such file or directory".
>
> i tried creating a /new/etc then doing the command "lilo
> -C /new/etc/lilo.conf" - still the same error
>
> so then i did 'cp /etc/lilo.conf /new/etc/' and then again tried
> "lilo -C /new/etc/lilo.conf" and i was told
>
> "unrecognized token "! please edit lilo.conf before running lilo!" at
> or above line 20 in file /new/etc/lilo.conf"
>
> so then i 'vi'd' into /new/etc/lilo.conf deleted the : "! please edit
> lilo.conf before running lilo!" and the 'remove this line when you are
> done configuring" saved the changes all good,...
>
> then i tried the command once more 'lilo -C /new/etc/lilo.conf' and
> now i get : "Fatal: creat /boot/map~: no such file or directory"
>
> !!!!!
>
> thx for your reply
>
> rohan
>
> On 8/13/07, John Simpson <john.s.simpson at gmail.com > wrote:
> Rohan
>
> If you follow the directions exactly it should work, we have
> used those directions many times for loading laptops and only
> failed when someone has not followed the directions exactly,
> inluding using the correct spacing and case for things.
>
> the final part of the install should be
>
> mv /boot /boot.old
> ln -s /new/boot /boot
> lilo -C /new/etc/lilo.conf
>
> Now if you had followed the directions correctly, you should
> have /dev/hda2 mounted on /new and it'll all work, if you have
> mounted it in a different folder, then you'll have to make
> sure your paths are correct or it will just not work
>
>
>
> On 8/13/07, Rohan Malhotra
> <rohan.malhotra at student.rmit.edu.au> wrote:
> hey there,
>
> the txt document does actually say to use a capital C
> as in , ' lilo -C /new/etc/lilo.conf' i was just too
> lazy to reference the example properly. nevertheless i
> did try with a capital C and it did not return '"
> Added Linux".
>
> just to clarify:
>
> from what i understand i have to first move the /boot
> folder from the knoppix '/' system to a new folder
> called /boot.old
>
> then make a link to /boot (from the '/' knoppix
> system) on my cbv hdd
> (/mnt/hda2).
>
> then run lilo (somehow?) and presumably by doing so it
> will fix it up?
>
> thx
>
> rohan
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Hi Rohan,
>
> The lilo command is with a capital C - that will make
> all the world of
> difference. eg lilo -C /new/etc/lilo.conf
>
> After running that command you should see
> * Added Linux
>
> We'll update the doc to include that info.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Kylie
>
> On Thu, 2007-08-09 at 20:25 +1000, Rohan Malhotra
> wrote:
> > 'then make a link from the hdd to the /boot folder
> by typing: ln
> > -s /new/boot /boot."
> >
> > that works too
> >
> > 'Now you run lilo to install the bootloader by
> typing: 'lilo
> > -c /new/etc/lilo.conf".
> >
> > this part doesn't really seem to do anything, as it
> returns a prompt
> > for more options; all the previous commands give you
> a blank prompt
> > indicating they've done something and they don't
> need more
> > information.
> >
> > anyways so from what i understand i have to first
> move the /boot
> > folder from the knoppix '/' system to a new folder
> called /boot.old
> >
> > then make a link to /boot (from the '/' knoppix
> system) on my cbv hdd
> > (/mnt/hda2).
> >
> > then run lilo and presumably by doing so it will fix
> it up?
> >
> > any pointers would b much appreciated
> >
> > thx
> >
> > rohan
> >
> >
>
>
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