Wojciech Ściesiński
2005-Mar-01 21:06 UTC
[syslinux] EXTLINUX 3.07 - trouble with extlinux.conf
Hi, I want use extlinux 3.07 to boot Thinstation from hard disk. o I have kernel, whos name is vmlinuz, and init RAM disk (initrd). My hard disk is... Disk /dev/hda: 65 MB, 65536000 bytes 8 heads, 32 sectors/track, 500 cylinders Units = cylinders of 256 * 512 = 131072 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 499 63856 83 Linux files system on /dev/hda1 is ext2 I install extlinux mkdir -p /boot/extlinux extlinux /boot/extlinux and on /dev/hda1 I have files /mnt/hda1: drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 1024 2005-03-01 21:27 boot -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 19616 2005-03-01 21:25 extlinux -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 210 2005-03-01 21:35 extlinux.cfg -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 194 2005-03-01 20:34 lilo.conf /mnt/hda1/boot: drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 2005-03-01 21:32 extlinux -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6650559 2005-03-01 19:35 initrd -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 21 2005-03-01 19:35 thinstation.txt -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 999152 2005-03-01 19:35 vmlinuz /mnt/hda1/boot/extlinux: -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 210 2005-03-01 21:32 extlinux.cfg -r--r--r-- 1 root root 9220 2005-03-01 21:28 extlinux.sys My extlinux.cfg is timeout 0 default vmlinuz append loadramdisk=1 initrd=initrd ramdisk_blocksize=4096 root=/dev/rd/0 ramdisk_size=262144 splash=silent vga=791 display thinstation.txt but I tried other configuration in extlinux.cfg file timeout 0 default /dev/hda1/boot/vmlinuz append loadramdisk=1 initrd=/dev/hda1/boot/initrd ramdisk_blocksize=4096 root=/dev/rd/0 ramdisk_size=262144 splash=silent vga=791 display thinstation.txt When I boot computer then I have on screen message "Could not find kernel image: linux boot:" When I write in "default vmlinuz append loadramdisk=1 initrd=initrd ramdisk_blocksize=4096 root=/dev/rd/0 ramdisk_size=262144 splash=silent vga=791" then my Thinstation boot. Where I have do break ?? Help me !! Please ! Sorry, my english ;-) Best Regards from Poland -- Wojciech Sciesinski, wojteks at wojteks.net NO PATENTS ON SOFTWARE IN EUROPE !!
H. Peter Anvin
2005-Mar-01 21:27 UTC
[syslinux] EXTLINUX 3.07 - trouble with extlinux.conf
Wojciech ?ciesi?ski wrote:> > My extlinux.cfg is > > timeout 0 > default vmlinuz > append loadramdisk=1 initrd=initrd ramdisk_blocksize=4096 root=/dev/rd/0 > ramdisk_size=262144 splash=silent vga=791 > display thinstation.txt >If you have initrd=initrd, then it will expect to find the initrd and other files in /boot/extlinux/initrd. You need to make it /boot/initrd since that's where your files are, OR make a hard link into /boot/extlinux. -hpa
Alexander Heinz
2005-Mar-01 21:28 UTC
[syslinux] EXTLINUX 3.07 - trouble with extlinux.conf
> When I write in "default vmlinuz append loadramdisk=1 initrd=initrd > ramdisk_blocksize=4096 root=/dev/rd/0 ramdisk_size=262144 splash=silent > vga=791" > then my Thinstation boot.That should work: default thinstation timeout 0 label thinstation kernel vmlinuz append loadramdisk=1 initrd=initrd ramdisk_blocksize=4096 root=/dev/rd/0 ramdisk_size=262144 splash=silent vga=791 note: everything after append is in a single line Alex