[CS-FSLUG] Slackware 10

[Brian Derr]

On Mon, Jul 12, 2004 at 07:52:03AM -0700, K. Luckenbaugh wrote:
> On an empty harddrive (two different computers):
> 
> Loaded the ISO.
> Partitioned the hard drive. (made  /root  reiser with a "bootable" flag.
> Tried with or without LILO as the booter.
> Did a   mkinitrd -c  blah blah blah ( it created the .gz that it was 
> supposed to )
> Did a  lilo

Why are you using `mkinitrd'?  Did you use a kernel that has modules for
hardware you need at bootup?

> Anyway,  when I got finished and rebooted,  all I got was a   grub>   
> prompt. I didn't use grub. All I wanted was for Slack to boot :(
> To get this to boot I have to:  bare.i   root=/dev/hda2 noinitrd ro    
> (with the CD in the drive)    then all is fine. 
> Why do you have to load the kernel manually with a bootloader????
> This is _*not*_ the "live version".

Why are you using GRUB with Slackware?  It defaults to LILO, which in my
opinion, is much easier to use.  I've only tried once to use a
combination of an initrd image + GRUB and it wasn't pretty.  Ditch the
initrd image (if you can) and use LILO.  It will simplify things a lot
more.

Oh, and one more thing, if you're running GRUB why did you run `lilo'?
:-)

Brian

-- 
The just man walketh in his integrity:
his children are blessed after him.  -- Proverbs 20:7
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