[Cbsupport] cbv distro
Kylie Davies
mailkylie at optushome.com.au
Mon Aug 13 13:16:56 UTC 2007
Hi John,
I gave rohan the cbv distro on a dvd. I advised him to stick it on a
network box that he could see. Then use knoppix to get it and follow our
doc.
Cheers,
Kylie
On Mon, 2007-08-13 at 22:58 +1000, John Simpson wrote:
> Hi
>
> Rohan, just wondering, have you actually got the CBV Distro?
> Because thats more an internal document and your can't actually
> download the distro from that URL
> The errors you are getting would suggest you haven't actually
> downloaded and untarred the distro file
>
>
> On 8/13/07, Rohan Malhotra <rohanmalhotra86 at gmail.com> 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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