On Saturday 15 December 2007, David Boles wrote: >Gene Heskett wrote: >> On Saturday 15 December 2007, David Boles wrote: >>> Gene Heskett wrote: >>>> On Saturday 15 December 2007, David Boles wrote: >>>> >>>> Regarding that, no. I checked the boxes, gave it good network settings >>>> all pointing at my DD-WRT router, and that all Just Worked(TM). >>> >>> Gene, this is on the screen where it says something like Desktop Install >>> (default) with a check box for Development, and a check box for Web >>> Server(?) not sure exactly what it says there. At the bottom is the >>> option to 'customize now or later'. In the middle is a section with a >>> check box that offers you to add repos. As many as you would like. Here >>> is where you would do that. But you need to first get the site name >>> <ftp://somename.com> along with the path to the proper place for the >>> files in the 'everything' folder data for Anaconda to find them. >>> >>> This is what I was referring to when I said that I doubted that most >>> would be prepared to do this. >>> >>> Good luck. >>> -- >>> >>> >>> David >> >> I think that is a pretty good description David. I didn't fill in for any >> extra's because I wasn't prepared with a list of url's and without a lot >> of prep, I doubt too many would be. >> >> Now, update in F8 install #2 now that I've had a cuppa or 2. >> >> As above I gave it network params all pointed at my dd-wrt box and it did >> quite a bit of traffic over it getting ready for the install, which at >> 1537 packages, was error free. However, on the reboot, the sata drive I >> had just installed it all on was invisible, so it rebooted back to FC6 on >> the ide drives. At this point I'm inclined to 'mount -t ext3 /dev/sda1 >> /mnt/bootf8' and see whats there, moving the kernel and initrd back to >> /dev/hda1 (/boot), and copy the new grub.conf's contents to another stanza >> in the one on /dev/hda1 and see if that will work. >> >> Mounted, and an ls shows: >> [root@coyote drivers]# ls /mnt/bootf8 >> config-2.6.23.1-42.fc8 grub initrd-2.6.23.1-42.fc8.img lost+found >> System.map-2.6.23.1-42.fc8 vmlinuz-2.6.23.1-42.fc8 >> >> and a cat of /mnt/bootf8/grub/grub.conf: >> ------------- >> default=0 >> timeout=5 >> splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz >> hiddenmenu >> title Fedora (2.6.23.1-42.fc8) >> root (hd0,0) >> kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.23.1-42.fc8 ro root=/dev/VolGroup01/LogVol00 >> rhgb quiet >> initrd /initrd-2.6.23.1-42.fc8.img >> title Other >> rootnoverify (hd1,1) >> chainloader +1 >> >> Is this a feasable plan of attack? What do I do with the 'root (hd0,0)' >> or does that count since this is grub, and the kernel & initrd have yet to >> be loaded, screwing with the device.map in /boot/grub? >> >> Or, do I edit my current /boot/grub/device.map to place hd0 as /dev/sda & >> hd1 as sdb as shown in the new device.map written during the install? >> Inquiring minds want to know. :) >> >> Thanks. > >I am not exactly clear as to what you are doing. As Fc6 see's my drives: [root@coyote boot]# df Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 149186740 82140792 59345468 59% / /dev/hda1 101086 70468 25399 74% /boot tmpfs 518016 0 518016 0% /dev/shm /dev/hdd3 297068936 212585856 69392824 76% /amandatapes There is also an hdb, an old FC2 install, but it isn't mounted, just spinning. >Two questions. I gather that this new drive is in the boot list of the >BIOS? No, it is not discovered by the bios even when you tell it to scan for drives. >Is it before the drive with FC-6? The one that boots? First only in /dev/sda1's/boot/grub/device.map >Floppy, CD, HD, ?? 400GB Hitachi deathstar sata hard drive, attached to this (whatever the hell it is) controller. I ordered a card with what was said to be an ALI chipset on it, the boxes picture shows it as a Silicon Image, and the card itself has: 01:0a.0 RAID bus controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6421 IDE RAID Controller (rev 50) Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6421 IDE RAID Controller Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 32 Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 19 Region 0: I/O ports at 9400 [size=16] Region 1: I/O ports at 9800 [size=16] Region 2: I/O ports at 9c00 [size=16] Region 3: I/O ports at a000 [size=16] Region 4: I/O ports at a400 [size=32] Region 5: I/O ports at a800 [size=256] [virtual] Expansion ROM at e5000000 [disabled] [size=64K] Capabilities: [e0] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- a VIA chip actually on it. So much for getting what one buys on the net these days, even from TigerDirect... >And where did you tell Anaconda to but the Grub starter code? s/but/put I assume? I told it not to touch any of my older drives, and it put all the bootfiles on /dev/sda1, with the f8 install on /dev/sda2 as VolGroup01. Unforch, udev does not generate the /dev/VolGroup01 tree when FC6 starts it, so I'm not sure how to go about mounting it on /mnt/f8-slash to dig around in it. /dev/sda1 mounted on /mnt/bootf8 looks boringly normal. Maybe editing udev's rules is in order? >Which >might be your problem. The Grub that is in the MBR on the first bootablr >device is pointed at the file on the HD. The menu.lst is just that a >menu that points to various drives/sectors. > >Is this your first multi-boot install? That is what you are trying to do >correct? No, I have a chainloader setup on my lappy to boot a small xp partition. And I'm fairly familiar with editing grub.conf as I do this everytime I install a new kernel, about weekkly, and am currently booted to 2.6.24-rc5. Locally built of course. And yes, a multiboot, with FC6 on IDE0/master, and F8 on sata0. IDE stuff is on mainboard. sata is on this new card. >It is not difficult but hmm.. different. ;-) Only cuz the bios doesn't see any of this. Therein defines the connundrum. Thanks David. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If you didn't get caught, did you really do it?
