<html> <head> <style> .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma } </style> </head> <body class='hmmessage'>Best regard for your help, by the future, i'll can do it by loading knoppix Linux on my notebook! A + <HR id=stopSpelling> > Subject: RE: [Fedora-ia64-list] Elilo.conf with 1 install of Fedora on Itanium2 > From: doug.chapman@hp.com > To: fedora-ia64-list@redhat.com > Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 11:34:35 -0500 > > Thierry, > > I was very confused as well! But I now understand what the problem is > and I learned something from this! > > The elilo.conf you are using was created using the efi editor which > creates files in dos mode (which has a ^m at the end of every line which > unix text editors do not include). It turns out that elilo cannot > handle this file format. Normally this is not a problem since the > elilo.conf is created under linux but evidently you created this either > under dos/windows or with the efi editor. When I made the edited > version for you I just edited your copy so it was still in dos format. > > I think this is a bug in elilo which I will look into getting fixed but > in the meantime you can use the elilo.conf attached here (I have tested > this one) or if you create a custom elilo.conf do it on a linux system > which will create it properly. > > - Doug > > > On Thu, 2008-01-03 at 12:04 +0000, Thierry TROUILLET wrote: > > Hi, i'm very confused! > > > > The release of elilo is 3.7 for ia64 and i attached the help .txt > > file! > > > > When i launched elilo with your .conf it displayed the message: near > > line 1: Unknown option, near line 2: ? is expecting a numeric value, > > forcing interactive mode due to config file error(s)! > > > > It was possible to skip these errors by adding '#' in first! But it > > displayed "vmlinuz not found"! > > > > Sorry, possibly cause of headache !!!!! > > > > Bye and thanks! > > > > Thierry > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > > > Subject: RE: [Fedora-ia64-list] Elilo.conf with 1 install of Fedora > > on Itanium2 > > > From: doug.chapman@hp.com > > > To: fedora-ia64-list@redhat.com > > > Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2008 08:45:37 -0500 > > > > > > Thierry, > > > > > > Your elilo.conf was incomplete. Try the one I have attached and see > > if > > > this fixes your issue. > > > > > > - Doug > > > > > > On Tue, 2008-01-01 at 14:02 +0000, Thierry TROUILLET wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I launch elilo.efi with elilo.conf using : fs4:>cd EFI, cd BOOT > > thus > > > > ls display vmlinuz and initrd.img. > > > > > > > > Attached, my elilo.conf, I have had the same message with Fedora 7 > > and > > > > other releases of elilo.efi!!!! > > > > > > > > Happy birthdays to U and Us Linux community. > > > > > > > > Th. TROUILLET > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > > > > > > > > > > > Subject: Re: [Fedora-ia64-list] Elilo.conf with 1 install of > > Fedora > > > > on Itanium2 > > > > > From: doug.chapman@hp.com > > > > > To: fedora-ia64-list@redhat.com > > > > > Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 12:27:22 -0500 > > > > > > > > > > Thierry, > > > > > > > > > > The root= option is only used by the kernel after initial boot > > to > > > > find > > > > > the root filesystem so that is not what is causing the issue > > here. > > > > > Elilo looks for the kernel in the same directory elilo was > > executed > > > > > from. For installs the root= option actually is ignored assuming > > you > > > > > are using the initrd image from the installer (found in the > > > > > images/pxeboot directory of the install iso image). > > > > > > > > > > My assumption is you are using the EFI shell, finding the right > > fsX: > > > > > device, then doing: > > > > > > > > > > cd efi > > > > > cd boot > > > > > elilo > > > > > > > > > > correct? If so try doing an "ls" before you start elilo just to > > be > > > > sure > > > > > vmlinuz is in that directory. > > > > > > > > > > If everything looks OK to you can you attach your elilo.conf > > file? > > > > That > > > > > might help us understand what is wrong. > > > > > > > > > > Also, if you have access to a DVD drive for the system then > > booting > > > > and > > > > > installing from DVD would likely be easier. > > > > > > > > > > - Doug > > > > > > > > > > On Sun, 2007-12-30 at 19:52 +0000, Thierry TROUILLET wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm trying to install linux Fedora 8 on an Itanium2 (2x1.1ghz > > - > > > > > > supermicro) from an external Usb disk drive partioned Fat32. > > > > > > > > > > > > I've created a directory and subdirectory /EFI/BOOT and put > > into > > > > > > elilo.efi, elilo.conf, initrd.img and vmlinuz. > > > > > > > > > > > > When i launched elilo.efi a message was displayed : > > elilo.c(line > > > > > > 76):kernel file not found vmlinuz!!! > > > > > > > > > > > > I think that the problem is the command root which define the > > > > path, > > > > > > the efi map command list fs4 for the Usb device! In all issues > > the > > > > > > syntax is: root=/dev/hd number. > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for your help. > > > > > > > > > > > > Thierry from France. > > > > > > > > > > > > Have a goos days! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > > > > Windows Live Messenger 2008 vient de sortir, découvrez son > > nouveau > > > > > > design ! 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