[Cbsupport] cbv distro

[Rohan Malhotra]

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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