RE: [suse-axp] FW: New Thread - Getting "Block 0 not valid bootblock"error

From: Stefan Fent (sf@suse.de)
Date: Wed Jun 14 2000 - 14:05:42 PDT

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    Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 23:05:42 +0200 (CEST)
From: Stefan Fent <sf@suse.de>
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0006142305100.22676-100000@ampere.suse.de>
Subject: RE: [suse-axp] FW: New Thread - Getting "Block 0 not valid bootblock"error

    On Wed, 14 Jun 2000, Jim Hoepner wrote:

    > Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 14:29:24 -0500
    > From: Jim Hoepner <jhoepner@tvsw.org>
    > To: 'Stefan Fent' <sf@suse.de>
    > Cc: SuSE-axp@suse.com
    > Subject: RE: [suse-axp] FW: New Thread - Getting "Block 0 not valid
    > bootblock"error
    >
    > Should I create BSD partitions as follows:
    >
    > a: = /boot (started at cyl 3)
    > b: = swap (cyl 4-270)
    > d: = / (cyl 271-8347)
    >
    > And partition 'c: type=unused (cyl 1-8347)' will be created
    > and I
    > don't have to format,etc. c: ??

    Yes, that should work.

    >
    > Thanks!
    > jrh
    >
    >
    >
    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: Stefan Fent [mailto:sf@suse.de]
    > Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2000 2:12 PM
    > To: Jim Hoepner
    > Cc: SuSE-axp@suse.com
    > Subject: Re: [suse-axp] FW: New Thread - Getting "Block 0
    > not valid
    > bootblock"error
    >
    >
    > On Wed, 14 Jun 2000, Jim Hoepner wrote:
    >
    > > Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 11:16:16 -0500
    > > From: Jim Hoepner <jhoepner@tvsw.org>
    > > Cc: SuSE-axp@suse.com
    > > Subject: [suse-axp] FW: New Thread - Getting "Block 0 not
    > valid
    > > bootblock" error
    > >
    > > Hi, I made a few changes and now I get to a "aboot>"
    > > prompt.
    > > In short, I re-did the BSD disk label to:
    > > a: = /boot (started at cyl 3)
    > > b: = swap (cyl 4-270)
    > > c: = / (cyl 271-8347)
    >
    > You must not use partition 'c', if you create a BSD-label,
    > you will remark
    > that 'c' is created automatically, it contains the entire
    > disk and must be
    > of type 'unused'.
    > you should create a partition 'd' of the size of your
    > partition 'c' and
    > mount it to '/'.
    >
    > to boot via aboot.conf, you will have to execute
    > 'abootconf /dev/sda 4' to make aboot look in partition 4 for
    > /etc/aboot.conf.
    >
    > > and I did not create DOS partitions 1-4 because my swap is
    > > recognized when I go in/out of YaST.
    > >
    > > Here's the install sequence:
    > >
    > ************************************************************
    > > CONSOLE COMMAND DESCRIPTION
    > > SRM >>>set boot_file ""
    > > SRM >>>set bootdef_dev ""
    > > SRM >>>set boot_osflags ""
    > > SRM >>>boot dka200 -fl 0 (boot from CD)
    > >
    > > fdisk b enter BSD mode
    > > fdisk n create partition tbl
    > > a:Cyl 3-13, type ext2 (d) ( mount to /boot)
    > > b:Cyl 14-270, type swap (8) ( swap )
    > > c:Cyl 271-8347, type ext2 (8) ( mount to / )
    >
    > see above.
    >
    > > fdisk w write partition to disk
    > > fdisk q quit fdisk
    > > fdisk ALT-F1 go back to YaST
    > > YaST ABORT go back to YaST's main
    > > menu and go back in so
    > > arguments which would be ok but I don't know what to
    > enter?
    > > Do I need to run "abootconf" to move on?
    >
    > It won't work in this case, but normally
    > 'aboot>1/boot/vmlinux.gz ro root=/dev/sda4' should boot.
    > >
    >
    > regards,
    >
    > Stefan Fent
    >
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    > eat much.
    >
    >
    >

    Mit freundlichen Grüssen,

            Stefan Fent 

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