Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 23:22:36 +0200 (MEST) From: Ruediger Oertel <ro@suse.de> Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0006122319090.30174-100000@fatou.suse.de> Subject: Re: [suse-axp] Getting "Block 0 not valid boot block" error
On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, Jim Hoepner wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm installing SuSE6.3 AXP on a AS200. I did the install
> and then let YaST reboot but it says that block 0 on my hard
> drive does not have a valid boot block.
The 6.3 did not automatically generate a boot-block, I finally
added this in 6.4. You should however be able to boot from
CD and select "boot installed system".
>
> I think I might have the answer but I'm not sure if it will
> work: The manual says the "block size" for / and /boot must
> be set to 1024. I need to try this next but, if someone
> else has any other ideas please let me know. I will assume
> the "inode" setting does NOT have to be set to 1024 too??
Yes, at the time of 6.3 none of the alpha-bootloaders could
handle ext2 filesystem layouts for blocksize != 1024 ; the
inode-density does not have a direct relation to this.
>
> PS What does the "i" option -install bootstrap- (fdisk BSD
> menu) do and if I need to run some sort of bootstrap install
> then what commands do I issue.
--
with kind regards (mit freundlichem Grinsen),
Ruediger Oertel (ro@suse.de)
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does "DONT PANIC" give a hint ?
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