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Tiny Core Base => TCB Q&A Forum => Topic started by: bxcrx on September 28, 2011, 12:12:59 PM

Title: multicore 4.0: bzImage missing upon booting
Post by: bxcrx on September 28, 2011, 12:12:59 PM

I've followed the instructions here:

h**p://wiki.tinycorelinux.net/wiki:install_hd

During tc-install I get the following error in the terminal after the gui installer says the installation is complete.

cp: can't stat '/mnt/sr0/boot/bzImage': No such fiile or directory

I'm using multicore-current.iso version 4.0

When run ls on /mnt/sda1/boot

I have

extlinux/ tinycore.gz

After rebooting I get the following error from syslinux

Could not find kernel image: /boot/bzImage
boot: _

I ran the "find" tool on the iso directory and on the installation and it cannot find the "bzImage" kernel.

Title: Re: multicore 4.0: bzImage missing upon booting
Post by: gerald_clark on September 28, 2011, 12:20:44 PM

Download the ISO again.
It has been re-issued with the correct kernel name (vmlinuz).

Title: Re: multicore 4.0: bzImage missing upon booting
Post by: bxcrx on September 28, 2011, 12:40:12 PM

I downloaded the latest version of multicore 4.0 iso and ran the install process again.

There are no more errors during the installation and booting process.

Thanks!

Title: Re: multicore 4.0: bzImage missing upon booting
Post by: gerald_clark on September 28, 2011, 03:21:21 PM

You are welcome.

Title: Re: multicore 4.0: bzImage missing upon booting
Post by: jiffypop23 on September 28, 2011, 09:13:42 PM

I'm upgrading a Tinycore install to 4 and am getting the same message.
At the "boot:" prompt if I type "/boot/vmlinuz" it has a kernel panic.
Is there a way to fix this without reinstalling from scratch?
Thanks.

Title: Re: multicore 4.0: bzImage missing upon booting
Post by: gerald_clark on September 28, 2011, 09:24:26 PM

If you are upgrading a previous version, copy the tinycore.gz and vmlinuz to your drive and update the bootloader config file.
Typing "/boot/vmlinuz" at the boot prompt makes no sense.

Title: Re: multicore 4.0: bzImage missing upon booting
Post by: thane on September 29, 2011, 12:28:26 AM

I tried upgrading my USB installation by mounting the ISO and copying the files (like in 3.x upgrades) but for some reason it didn't work.

Not sure I didn't do something crazy, but I burned 4.0 to CD, booted it with bootcodes base norestore, downloaded the tc-install.tcz extension, mounted my USB stick, and went through the tc-install steps. It installed 4.0 and kept my extensions etc. Also had to do a mass extension upgrade.

Seems to be working.

Title: Re: multicore 4.0: bzImage missing upon booting
Post by: coreplayer2 on October 01, 2011, 06:19:17 AM

Whilst updating a system I too missed one of the boot config entries due to the name change, an easy fix though :-[

Title: Re: multicore 4.0: bzImage missing upon booting
Post by: pingfox on October 15, 2011, 06:33:39 PM

Just FYI, I downloaded the tinycore iso today, and while the isolinux file looks for vmlinuz correctly, syslinux still does not (still looks for bzImage).

I manually changed syslinux file to look for the vmlinuz kernel, and was able to get past the boot sequence.

After that, I ran into kernel panic, but I guess that's a different topic there.