> At 09:31 2-5-2001 +0200, Simon Pabst wrote:
> >Hi,
> >I downloaded and installed the 1.0-XFS-Redhat ISOs, but the
> >system does not boot - instead it locks up after
> > > RAMDISK - compressed image found at block 0
> >I used the boot.img bootdisk because I have a non-bootable
> >cdrom drive, I hope this isn't a problem?
>
> Can't comment on that one. Should work.
>
> >The partition I used is hdc2, beyond the 1024 cylinder, what
> >might be a problem, but a stock-EXT2-Redhat 7.1 can run
> >without any trouble from hdc2.
> >Did I miss something important or is this an installer related
> >bug?
>
> The installer I used (test4 iso image) gave an error that /boot was above
> 1024 cylinders on my notebook. Which is nonsense since it actually should
> try to use lba32 instead. Because I know it works.
> Or print a warning that it might not bootable after installation and
> suggest making the floppy.
that's exactly what it did suggest - and so I did, but this
disk isn't capable of booting my system, it stops after the RAMDISK...
line.
Do you think it might work if I move /boot to the beginning of hda?
I have a boot partition there, but it is used otherwise right now,
so this would mean some work.
thanks
- Simon
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