Booting Alpha from a CD

[Loic Prylli <Loic.Prylli@ens-lyon.fr>]

TITO LOPEZ CIUDAD writes:
 > Does anyone know how to pass the kernel parameters to load the
rootdisk?

Just add the paramaters after the kernel filename:
- at the aboot> promtp for SRM
-  boot dev:<kernelfilename> for MILO
 > 
 > On a i386 i do:
 > 
 > loadlin linux root=/dev/ram initrd=root.bin
 >  
 > Is there something like initrd for aboot?
 > 

Unfortunately there is no inird support in the Alpha kernels, and
bootloaders.

As a replacement for the debian CD if you specify
both "root=<cdrom-device>" and "load_ramdisk=1", the Debian-supplied
kernels will use some info in the boot headers of the iso image to
load in a ramdisk the root image which is on the CD.

Loic