thx everyone who had a part in helping me out...
now, on to tacle my next mission, to get a gui (kde) up and running. i'll prolly need detailed how to on doing this so it doesn't turn into another 'no boot after install...' i ran --sync --sysupgrade so is all up to date, also i chose to install all the packages from the cd except genome, so i have all of those updated, thx...
]]>normally it says something like
searching for boot record on disk....
cdrom...
etc, etc...
at least that's what I remember.
If so, does it mention anything about your HD?
Also.. you could try grabbing the FTP-installer disks, booting off the boot disk, and when it asks what you want to boot.. (forget the actual question)
type
arch root="/dev/discs/disc0/part2"
and see if that boots up your correct partition at least... that way you don't have to do a full re-install to test all of this.
also, I forget if this is even helpful or not, but you might want to try installing a new MBR using lilo ... I think it's something like
lilo -M /dev/hda
or something like that. Check the man page first I would say before you go blindly doing it though.
What does it look like in your bios as far as setting boot precedence? If you can, set it to look at disc drive first, then hd, and then just disable any 3rd, 4th, or more settings -- just set them to none.
another option: maybe try using grub instead of lilo? I have no experience with grub myself but maybe it will work without a hitch.
good luck!
Hapy.
]]>but like i said before i have no control over where lilo installs, i just click on install bootloader and that's it. my partitions are /swap then 2 other partitions, one for arch and the other for another distro i might try. so now i have to make them /boot, /swap then the other 2, then write the table?. if so, from the type menu which is the number to set /boot to, cause i see a couple that say boot in there. thx...
That is not correct, you DO have complete control over where lilo is installed. You are supposed to edit the lilo.conf file.
Which is what sounds like your problem, since it works when you have /boot, /swap then 2 partitions, because likely the default lilo.conf tries to boot off of /dev/discs/disc0/part1
If that is the problem, then make sure you fix your lilo.conf while installing. which should be available for edit through the installer. there should be a line
boot="/dev/hda"
make sure that is right for your system.
and look for the entry for your arch boot
if you keep using the /swap on 1st partition, arch on second, it should say
root="/dev/discs/disc0/part2"
that should solve any lilo issues if I'm understanding whats going on, and Xentacs advice about boot order is important too.
Hapy.
]]>Then, after your cd install, remove the install cd and it should boot off the hard drive next.
]]>For shutdown, it is possible to hit the power button and have the box do an actual '/sbin/init 0' instead of power off, you need to compile a kernel with acpi support, install my acpi.tar.ba2 pkg (from incoming) & bug me to send you my acpi scripts for that job .
]]>on a side note, that shutdown problem i had, i noticed that if i hit the power button everything turns off instantly, hardware and everything, without having to go through halt or poweroff, is this safe to just quit all apps and hit the power button to turn my system off???
]]>you need the partition where /boot is to be bootable (this is a must)
you must make sure grub/lilo is installed to the MBR
those errors you are reporting really have nothing to do with arch, ive got a net-bootable nic as well, and if you try to boot off the network with no server on it, you get similar errors.
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