* [parisc-linux] Re: Unable to get PALO to install on A180 Debian install
[not found] ` <FHEGKPBPFFGIFBGOANOKMELLEGAA.h.cochran@comcast.net>
@ 2004-06-06 16:17 ` Grant Grundler
2004-06-06 16:27 ` James Bottomley
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From: Grant Grundler @ 2004-06-06 16:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Harry Cochran; +Cc: parisc-linux
On Sat, Jun 05, 2004 at 06:55:09PM -0400, Harry Cochran wrote:
> Is there some
> key sequence I can hit at the "continue" screen to get to "execute a shell"
> (in the i386 world, you have a chance to select several different kernels,
> like bf24, at the beginning ... I don't see this capability in the hppa
> version).
Arrow keys? ie down arrow until it scrolls to "execute a shell".
(oh, that reminds me...I have helge's arrow-key patch in my tree and
offered to test it but don't know quite how.)
> Looking at sda1 with "Partition a Hard Disk" says the disk looks like:
>
>
> Name Flags Part Type FS Type Label Size(MB)
> /dev/sda1 Boot Primary Linux/PA-RISC boot 59.11
> /dev/sda2 Primary Linux swap 519.31
> /dev/sda3 Primary Linux 3715.32
That should be fine IFF sda1 is formatted as ext2 and THEN run palo on it.
And then it can be mounted as /boot. This all has to be done by hand
from "execute a shell" since the installer doesn't know anything about it.
At least I think that's how it should work since palo needs to mark
bits in the ext2 block usage map as "used" or "bad". James?
If sda1 can't be mount as /boot, you need to split sda3 into two parts.
The first part (root) needs to end before 2GB offset. The second part
can be the rest of the disk.
> I notice that you don't have the "Boot" flag turned on for you f0 partition.
> Is this an error on my part?
no. neither firmware nor palo cares about it.
> My sdb disk is another 4GB disk that I have concatenated with sda3 to make
> /.
That's fine. Personally, I would use the second disk as /home or /var.
grant
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