Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2016 17:35:42 +0100 From: Vincent Hoffman-Kazlauskas <vince@unsane.co.uk> To: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Directions Faulty. Message-ID: <5334eb2f-c4ac-7046-5ba4-8e25bf52bcf9@unsane.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <CACpH0Mes6wGJDhExXrEJFJBFRW9VY-XdX_fptqfqHQe4NuKeHQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CACpH0MeR3PFWQmHH8kkKbED%2Bb2vsox9KdxcRRY2uv2hDqzwmUA@mail.gmail.com> <CAD-N7ODwG==3tnACChYy2v2uo1yvsL7yDQb_nQ5xZPioRa5QVw@mail.gmail.com> <CAD-N7ODYFuZLJ8kxbDq0qjvnHK0fMO1-V6qOcGAQcTtN30=VpA@mail.gmail.com> <CAD-N7OB5BxFWJvhzApL5jSz-xukQD4oY9Rit3zcUo3BvoXyVbA@mail.gmail.com> <CACpH0MeBpdHUWk6amE8o5Uq04nN1S9X5z1i3CAqStGU7oBgsQw@mail.gmail.com> <3a5ded2c-4add-4fda-1168-491b30148768@freebsd.org> <CACpH0Mes6wGJDhExXrEJFJBFRW9VY-XdX_fptqfqHQe4NuKeHQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On 19/09/2016 17:18, Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote: > On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 11:27 AM, Allan Jude <allanjude@freebsd.org> wrote: > >> On 2016-09-19 02:45, Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote: >>>> ... which fails because the cd image doesn't contain /boot/grub. I've >>>> tried directing it with -d /isolinux and -g /isolinux/isolinux.cfg ... >>>> but the magic isn't there. >>>> >>>> Frustration. >> >> The earlier instructions for doing the install from the CD, include >> instructions on using grubs interactive interface to poke around and >> find the initramfs and kernel and load them manually. > > > Obviously, since I talked about what was on the disk, I was doing that. > > The problems are that there are several vmlinuz and several initrd.img on > the CD. I've even mounted the cd9660 filesystem and wandered around > reading the files. I have tried the kernel and initrd in /isolinux and in > /live ... they fail to boot with something about "/sbin/init missing" while > iniitrd is still mounted. > > I gather that some set of kernel boot options is what I'm missing, but I > haven't been able to find those yet. took a quick gander at the isolinux configs for debian-live-8.6.0-amd64-standard.iso isolinux/live.cfg says kernel: /live/vmlinuz initrd: /live/initrd.img and to append (kernel arguments): boot=live components quiet splash Live (amd64 failsafe) has append (kernel arguments): boot=live components memtest noapic noapm nodma nomce nolapic nomodeset nosmp nosplash vga=normal install.cfg suggests kernel: /install/vmlinuz initrd: /install/initrd.gz append (kernel arguments): vga=788 --- quiet Hope that helps. Vince > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-virtualization > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-virtualization-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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