[pocket-linux] Chapter 3 Question/Problem

[David Horton]

James Maki wrote:
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: David Horton
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>>>>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.
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>>>I downloaded the disk files from the website and copied the
>>>ch2-bootdisk.image to a floppy. The boot disk with LILO and the
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>>chapter 3
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>>>root disk I created seemed to work fine. So it is either a
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>>problem with the
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>>>kernel I compiled or the GRUB loader. More work!
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> 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.
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> Now it is on to Chapter 4 and more excitement!
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> Thanks
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> Jim
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Cool!  I'm glad you found the source of your troubles.  I hope the rest 
of the guide goes smoothly for you.

Dave