[pocket-linux] Chapter 3 Question/Problem

[James Maki]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Horton

<snip>

> >>I'm not a GRUB expert, but his error makes me think that your kernel
> >>might not have support for ramdisk or that the kernel option to load fd0
> >>into ramdisk is not being specified correctly in the grub config file.
> >>Try downloading and using the LILO bootdisk just to see if the problem
> >>is with the root disk or the boot disk.
> >
> >
> > I downloaded the disk files from the website and copied the
> > ch2-bootdisk.image to a floppy. The boot disk with LILO and the
> chapter 3
> > root disk I created seemed to work fine. So it is either a
> problem with the
> > kernel I compiled or the GRUB loader. More work!

I recompiled the kernel and discovered I did not have ramdisk
support turned on! Once I made that change, everything seems
to work correctly. Your hint sent me in the right direction.

>
> If you are feeling adventurous you can mount the LILO floppy and copy
> the kernel from it onto your GRUB diskette.  That will narrow down the
> bad kernel vs. bad grub question since you'll have a known good kernel.

<snip>

>>Glad to hear you are learning and enjoying.  Good luck tracking down the
> >>errors.
> >>
> >>Dave
> >
> >
> > Thanks. Back to work.
> >
> > Jim
> >
>
> Good Luck!
>
> Dave

Now it is on to Chapter 4 and more excitement!

Thanks

Jim