From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from executioner.lis.net.au([203.35.83.3]) (2038 bytes) by braille.uwo.ca via smail with P:esmtp/D:aliases/T:pipe (sender: ) id for ; Tue, 7 Nov 2000 05:56:42 -0500 (EST) (Smail-3.2.0.102 1998-Aug-2 #2 built 1999-Sep-5) Received: from uucp by executioner.lis.net.au with local-rmail (Exim 2.05 #1) id 13t6Qj-0003Vu-00 (Debian); Tue, 7 Nov 2000 21:56:41 +1100 Received: from kerry by gotss.eu.org with local (Exim 3.12 #1) id 13t4lQ-0006lC-00 (Debian); Tue, 07 Nov 2000 20:09:56 +1100 Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 20:09:56 +1100 From: Kerry Hoath To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: installed rh 6.2 from talking bootdisk, but it's kernel refuses to work properly when copied in from the bootdisk Message-ID: <20001107200956.F25824@gotss.eu.org> References: <3.0.6.32.20001105123742.007b2100@mail.ufw2.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii User-Agent: Mutt/1.0.1i In-Reply-To: ; from gshang10@scu.edu.au on Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 08:38:46AM +1100 List-Id: The rdev setting is only used in the kernel image when none is given to the kernel by loadlin lilo grub silo or another loader. The rdev bytes in the kernel are for if you bring the kernel up off a floppy with no boot loader it knows what the default root device is. Regards, Kerry On Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 08:38:46AM +1100, Geoff Shang wrote: > Hi: > > hmmmm. OK, does it actually end up booting or does it grind to a halt? I > would have thought that you'd need to do a rdev on the kernel so that it > would use the hard drive as the root device as opposed to the floppy, but > I've never used redhat. You out there, Bill? > > Geoff. > > > -- > Geoff Shang > ICQ number 43634701 > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- -- Kerry Hoath: kerry@gotss.eu.org Alternates: kerry@emusys.com.au kerry@gotss.spice.net.au or khoath@lis.net.au ICQ UIN: 62823451