From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from nuustak.csir.co.za ([146.64.10.11]) by pentafluge.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 16fHAo-00030r-00 for ; Mon, 25 Feb 2002 09:11:55 +0000 Received: from CS-IMO.CSIR.CO.ZA (cs-imo.csir.co.za [146.64.10.94]) by nuustak.csir.co.za (8.11.4/8.11.4) with ESMTP id g1P9N3m17621 for ; Mon, 25 Feb 2002 11:23:03 +0200 (SAST) Message-Id: Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 11:22:51 +0200 From: "Herman Theron" To: , Subject: Re: Error using GRUB patch (and LILO questions) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-mtd-admin@lists.infradead.org Errors-To: linux-mtd-admin@lists.infradead.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Linux MTD discussion mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Hi Ilguiz Yes, I upgraded to automake 1.5, and that solved the problem with grub. I successfully installed Grub and got the system booting. Being used to LILO, I must say that is was a bit difficult for me. The README_DiskOnChip can give more information on how to setup the DOC (going through nftl_format,etc, etc). Grub unfortunately doesn't abide to the BIOS boot order. Sometimes I want to boot using a stiffy (rescue disk), but Grub will always start first. I know that you should be able to boot from fd0 from Grub, but it is not easy (especially not for somebody that does not know grub well enough). So, I still prefer LILO. And yes, I actually got version Lilo 22.2 to boot my DOC. Thanks Ilguiz. Here follows my lilo.conf: boot=/dev/nftl/disc0/disc disk=/dev/nftl/disc0/disc bios=0x80 lba32 install=/boot/boot-text.b map=/boot/map backup=/dev/null prompt timeout=50 default=Linux image=/boot/bzImage-2.4.17-rthal5g label=Linux root=/dev/nftl/disc0/disc vga=normal read-only image=/boot/bzImage-2.4.17-rthal5g label=Linux-fb root=/dev/nftl/disc0/disc vga=0x314 read-only I had to tell LILO to use the DOC as the first drive (bios=0x80); Thanks all Herman >>> Ilguiz Latypov 02/22/02 06:57PM >>> Herman, Can you try the updated automake and autoconf packages from ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/rawhide/i386/RedHat/RPMS Mine are automake-1.5-8 autoconf-2.52-6 I get only a couple of warnings with autoconf. Sorry for the configuration nuisance. Ilguiz P.S. Have you checked the LILO HOWTO at http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/mini/LILO ? After the quick search on the web I have a suspicion that your M-Sys BIOS firmware was configured to pretend as a second hard drive. On Fri, 22 Feb 2002, Herman Theron wrote: > stage1/Makefile.am:55: invalid variable `nodist_pkgdata_DATA' ______________________________________________________ Linux MTD discussion mailing list http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-mtd/ **************************************** Herman Theron Hermanus Magnetic Observatory CSIR PO Box 32 Hermanus 7200 South Africa E-mail: hetheron@csir.co.za Phone: +27 28 3121196 Fax: +27 28 3122039 Cel: +27 833 206 311