GentooX Loader 5.1 not working
GentooX Loader 5.1 not working
Hi, I have updated the Gentoox Loader to v5.1 by running Magic. But now my Gentoox can't boot up properly. I boot up my Gentoox from EvoX dashboard and there are several errors during boot up, like some file system cannot be mount error, cannot load eth, etc.
And finally, it show a text screen saying that "I cannot start your X Server. It is likely that your server ....." and prompt a "Yes" and "No" text button, which I am unable to 'click' using my xpad.
How can I restore my Xbox Gentoox now? I have gotten a lot of my file inside and reformatting my xbox is a no go now. Thanks in advance for all the help render.
And finally, it show a text screen saying that "I cannot start your X Server. It is likely that your server ....." and prompt a "Yes" and "No" text button, which I am unable to 'click' using my xpad.
How can I restore my Xbox Gentoox now? I have gotten a lot of my file inside and reformatting my xbox is a no go now. Thanks in advance for all the help render.
I have tried several stuff, even restoring to the v4.5, and finally found the cause of the problem.
When Gentoox loader booting up, there are now 3 choices - Stardust, Fatx, Native. I think the default is to start as native which isnt my case. My F drive is native but my E drive isnt (it is still FATX). So when it boot up from native, it couldn't load the E drive and thus causes all the device to fail subsequently.
So now I choose using my XPAD to start it with FATX and it is working now. Thanks for the help rendered
When Gentoox loader booting up, there are now 3 choices - Stardust, Fatx, Native. I think the default is to start as native which isnt my case. My F drive is native but my E drive isnt (it is still FATX). So when it boot up from native, it couldn't load the E drive and thus causes all the device to fail subsequently.
So now I choose using my XPAD to start it with FATX and it is working now. Thanks for the help rendered
If you have a native kernel... then thats residual from a previous installation of xebian... or something NON-GENTOOX. The loader defaults to native installations over non-native. What you need to do is run fdisk and then either delete your native partitions or disable your active partititon.
This is NOT a loader bug, its pebkac.
This is NOT a loader bug, its pebkac.
The original Xbox adaptation of Gentoo
Hi, I have installed xebian long time ago but have since installed MCE and GentooX twice which formatted the F partition to native filesystem. Hence it should be unlikely that I am still having residual of xebian installation, right?
By the way, I am not sure the default is it really boot up in native. If at the Cromwell boot screen and I just waited until it time out, it will start the default boot sequence but half way through the sequence, it will display error such as "mount error on fatx", "error on eth" etc and finally display the error in a text screen saying "I cannot start your X Server..."
However, if I use the Xpad to select the FATX and then GENTOOX in the Cromwell boot screen, everything went well and Gentoox boot up just like in the past.
Can anyone help to explain what's went wrong?
By the way, I am not sure the default is it really boot up in native. If at the Cromwell boot screen and I just waited until it time out, it will start the default boot sequence but half way through the sequence, it will display error such as "mount error on fatx", "error on eth" etc and finally display the error in a text screen saying "I cannot start your X Server..."
However, if I use the Xpad to select the FATX and then GENTOOX in the Cromwell boot screen, everything went well and Gentoox boot up just like in the past.
Can anyone help to explain what's went wrong?
I have found that there is a /boot directory in my XBox and the linuxboot.cfg in this directory is different from that of the E Drive. This is probably the left over bit from MCE.
Can I simply delete this directory to remove the native boot option from the loader? or is there other way that I can do that? Thanks.
Can I simply delete this directory to remove the native boot option from the loader? or is there other way that I can do that? Thanks.
Hi
I had the same problem, that the loader 5.1 was starting native instead of FATX.
I installed Pro with install option Native, but you still need to boot FATX.
And yes, I had Xebian installed before.
So I did like ShALLaX explained:
with command p I got this list
then with command a I changed partition 2 to non-bootable
Now my Pro is starting like before.
For Linuxboot.cfg syntax have a look at: http://www.xbox-linux.org/Cromwell_Manual
Stevie.
I had the same problem, that the loader 5.1 was starting native instead of FATX.
I installed Pro with install option Native, but you still need to boot FATX.
And yes, I had Xebian installed before.
So I did like ShALLaX explained:
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xbox root # fdisk /dev/hda
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Command (m for help): p
Disk /dev/hda: 60.0 GB, 60000000000 bytes
16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 116257 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 = 516096 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 15510 16006 250000+ 82 Linux swap
/dev/hda2 * 16006 116258 50527213+ 83 Linux
Now my Pro is starting like before.
For Linuxboot.cfg syntax have a look at: http://www.xbox-linux.org/Cromwell_Manual
Stevie.