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List:       gentoo-xbox
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-xbox] New Qs
From:       Sean Covel <seanecovel () comcast ! net>
Date:       2004-11-02 17:31:48
Message-ID: 4187C484.5020908 () comcast ! net
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Chris Bainbridge wrote:
> There was a bug in an older cromwell that stopped it from passing
> options to the 2.6 kernel. Try emerging cromwell-bin.
> 
> 

That and raincoat.  Yup, working great now.  Thanks for all your help.

Sean

> On Tue, 02 Nov 2004 10:06:42 -0500, Sean Covel <seanecovel@comcast.net> wrote:
> 
>>Here I am again.  Sorry!
>>
>>I started over with the 2.6 series kernel.  The config looks good, I
>>just removed some drivers I don't need.  Built just fine, modules look
>>good.  I copied the needed file to /boot
>>
>>bash-2.05b# ls /boot
>>System.map@                config@                linuxboot.cfg
>>System.map-2.4.27-xbox-r2  config-2.4.27-xbox-r2  linuxboot.cfg.old
>>System.map-2.6.8-xbox      config-2.6.8-xbox      linuxboot.cfg.sv
>>System.map.old@            config.old@            vmlinuz@
>>boot@                      kernel-2.4.27-xbox-r2  vmlinuz-2.6.8-xbox
>>
>>I modified my linuxboot.cfg:
>>
>>bash-2.05b# cat linuxboot.cfg
>>kernel boot/vmlinuz
>>append root=/dev/hda1 splash=silent kbd-reset
>>video=xbox:640x480,nohwcursor devfs=mount acpi=hw
>>
>>Now the odd part.  I'm using Cromwell (whatever version came with Xebian
>>when it switched to ext3...) and when it boots it says that it is
>>loading and initrd.  (Sorry, the box is remote at the moment...)  I see
>>the first line from the linuxboot.cfg that loads the kernel, then I see
>>a second line with initrd on it, then I see a third line with the append
>>  on it.
>>
>>Don't know where the initrd is coming from.  The boot continues for a
>>couple more lines (again, sorry for the lack of detail) and then I see a
>>munged up line (first 3-4 characters appear to be over-written) that
>>appears to be something about initrd, and then the boot locks up.
>>
>>A search with slocate turns up no other linuxboot.cfg files anywhere.
>>The LiveCD DVD is in the drive, but its booting off /dev/hda1 (the HD).
>>
>>Any thoughts?
>>
>>Sean
>>
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