From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Grant Grundler Subject: [parisc-linux] Re: Unable to get PALO to install on A180 Debian install Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2004 10:17:48 -0600 Message-ID: <20040606161748.GC25343@colo.lackof.org> References: <20040605212309.GC8098@colo.lackof.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org To: Harry Cochran Return-Path: In-Reply-To: List-Id: parisc-linux developers list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: parisc-linux-bounces@lists.parisc-linux.org 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 _______________________________________________ parisc-linux mailing list parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org http://lists.parisc-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/parisc-linux