From: pryan@rp.CSIRO.AU (Philip Ryan) Subject: Booting from the HARD DISK Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 04:01:42 GMT
I've only recently decided to have a look at Linux running on
a 33MHz 486. I've snaffled the SLS source for the "a" series of
disks from kirk.bu.oz.au and have managed to get it booted from
floppy without much grief. And I've got a 60 Meg partition set
up for linux (/dev/hda2) with the rest of the "a" disks installed
on it.
Problem is, I can't seem to get the hard disk to boot.
I assume (from the FAQs etc) that I take my boot floppy, and
use "rootset 3 2" to modify it so that /dev/hda2 gets searched.
I've tried this, and it seems to be transferring control to the
hard disk. But then it hangs.
It gets as far as:
Partition table ok.
Ram disk: 642048 bytes starting at ....
Loading ram disk ....
And then seems to just stop. Occasionally the hard disk makes a
little mutter.
Is there something obvious I've overlooked ?
Or haven't read properly ?
-- Philip Ryan. | CSIRO, Div of Radiophysics, Marsfield, NSW| Internet: pryan@rp.csiro.au | Phone: +61 2 868-0422 Fax: +61 2 868-0490 |