I hit a few problems, some of which would probably make FAQ questions,
but I though I'd see if someone could answer *why* these things were
happening.
Basically we have a rather shakey system - it feels as though the
disk partitioning is faulty, so I was trying to build a stable system
ionto another disk, and also took the oppotunity to use the redhat
binaries.
Problem #1
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Decided I would build a disk on a i386 system, and then take it across
to the noname. Built fine, MILO hung when it tried to read anything
off
a partition.
Problem #2
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OK, #1 didn't work, rebuilt the disk on a no-name. Used fdisk/cfdisk
to partition the disk. Read OK from a booted linux, MILO and linux
within boot sequence wouldn't touch it (ie would not mount as root).
Solved these by partitioning with minlabel, but why does cfdisk/fdisk
apparently work, but leave something that MILO cannot get at - it sees
partitions, it just hangs when it tries to access them. minlabel reads
cfdisk partitions and vice versa....
BTW anyone who wants to build a system from redhat, be aware a few
things
are missing.... like cat, fsck, etc (you know, insignificant bits...
:-) ).
However it looks good so far.
Nigel.
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