Re: Boot hangs at "start /hurd/ext2fs.static: "

[James Morrison]

Maybe I should read the original email before replying, oops.

The only thing that I didn't see is the size of the hd0s1 partition.

What error message would come up, on boot, if the partition was too
big for the ext2fs.static translator to map?

--- James Morrison <rocketmail_com@rocketmail.com> wrote:
> 
> --- Jeff Bailey <jbailey@nisa.net> wrote:
> > On Sun, Dec 30, 2001 at 11:26:22PM +0200, Mikko Rauhala wrote:
> > 
> > > The kernel does boot, and it does find the hd0s1 partition (the
> > only
> > > one in the box right now) at partition check. It also tells
> that
> > the
> > > aforementioned tasks are loaded, but hangs at the point where
> it
> > > says: "start /hurd/ext2fs.static: "
> > 
> > I've never gotten the Hurd to boot using those commands (although
> > they're supposed to be the Right Way to do it).  Try the
> following:
> > 
> > root                (hd0,0)
> > kernel              /boot/gnumach.gz root=hd0s1
> > module              /boot/serverboot.gz
> > 
> > And you should get past this point.
> 
>   Could post the lines you used to boot the GNU Hurd.  If you used
> the
> pdf version of the install guide then you will have to read one of
> the
> other versions of the install guide and get the entire lines needed
> to
> boot the Hurd.
> 
>   Would it be a good idea to remove the pdf version of the install
> guide since the pdf version only shows the first seventy some
> characters of each line.
> 
> 
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James Morrison
   University of Waterloo
   Computer Science - Digital Hardware
   2A co-op
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