[Prism54-users] Debian Custom Installing Kernel Problems

[James Hosken]

I've had some luck with this.
/dev/hda5 is a logical partition as so I can not boot from it.
I've now managed to get the kernel to install.

Cheers
James




Richard Atterer wrote:
> Hi James,
> 
> On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 01:17:51PM +0000, James Hosken wrote:
> 
>>I've just compiled my first kernel and I'm now having problems
>>installing it.
> 
> 
> You'd better sent this to debian-user@lists.debian.org, since it's not 
> related to prism54 at all.
> 
> 
>>I'm using Debian Sarge, I used the debain source for 2.6.0 The compile
>>seamed to work ok, but when I come to install the .deb file I get into a
>>few problems and I it's beyond me
> 
> 
> You should check whether /etc/lilo.conf contains the correct information.
> For example, I tell lilo to install itself directly in the MBR, and to boot 
> Linux from /dev/hda5:
> 
> boot=/dev/hda
> root=/dev/hda5
> 
> 
>>Install a partition boot block on partition /dev/hda5? [Yes] n
> 
> 
> This looks like you have boot=/dev/hda5, which is unlikely to work. 
> ...Unless you install some additional bootloader in the MBR, which is what 
> lilo seems to suggest all the time. ISTR the Debian installer did that at 
> one time, but I could never understand why.
> 
> 
>>Make /dev/hda5 the active partition? [Yes]
>>5: not a valid partition number (1-4)
> 
> 
> I think the "bootable" flag can only be set on primary partitions, not on
> partitions inside extended partitions. But most BIOSes will ignore that
> flag anyway and give up if booting from the MBR fails.
> 
> Note: Please read up on lilo before playing around with lilo.conf! 
> Otherwise, you might end up with an unbootable system. It's also a good 
> idea to have a bootable CD (Debian installer, Knoppix...) ready in case of 
> problems.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
>   Richard
>