It's not a kernel issue, it's a LILO issue. The system doesn't get as far as loading the kernel. If the kernel doesn't support your SCSI you would get the dmesg output (loads of kernel info) but it would halt with a 'can't find root device' error. LILO has four distinct stages of operation. As it performs each of these stages it prints a letter of LILO on the console. It's hanging on the last stage for you. I'll have a google and see what I can find out if nobody else has sorted you out by then. --Andrew On 20 May 2002 20:34:22 +0100 James Wallbank <james [at] lowtech.org> wrote: > Hi Peter, Alex, Fred, Craig (and anyone else who's given this subject > thought!) > > Thanks for all your help. I've now moved the process on a little - but I > still have problems... Here is the short version... (the long version > involves huge quantities of trial and error.) > > (1) I messed around with SCSI ID's (fiddly jumpers, confusingly marked) > and set the bootable disk to ID0, and the non-bootable to ID1. No joy - > still "Operating System Not Found". > > (2) I went into the Advansys setup (Ctrl-A) and used the (VERY cryptic) > interface to explicitly set the bootable disk as ID0. Aha! Now it boots! > > (3) But now I get the error... > LIL- (and it freezes) > But at least I can see the bootable disk now! > > I have had a suggestion (thanks Bert) that now the problem is that the > kernel doesn't include SCSI support compiled in. I *CAN* boot the > machine from a boot floppy (which I made during the install process). > Does that fact confirm this suggestion? > > I've tried reinstalling and reconfiguring LILO - with several different > kernels (supplied by default) but I suspect that this SCSI support issue > is on the right track. > > Do you think my next step is to compile a kernel with SCSI support, or > is there something else (quicker and simpler) that I should check first? > > Cheers, > > James > ===== -- sparc sun4c stuff: http://www.lostgeneration.freeserve.co.uk/sparc PGP key for list [at] lostgeneration.freeserve.co.uk: http://www.lostgeneration.freeserve.co.uk/list.freeserve.co.uk.asc
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