Re: First time install on Multia/UDB

[Bart Warmerdam <bartw@xs4all.nl>]

On Sat, Aug 12, 2000 at 09:10:25PM -0500, Andrew Woodings wrote:

Hi Andrew,

> To get the kernel booted I use
> 
> boot fd0:linux root=/dev/fd0

add to this commandline 'load_ramdisk=1'

> It boots up the kernel and scrolls through a bunch of stuff ending with
> 
> Partition check:
> VFS: Insert root floppy and press ENTER
> 
> After inserting the root disk (same thing happens if I try to use the root.bin file that is on the rescue disk)
> 
> Unable to load NLS charset cp437(nls_cp437)
> VFS: Mounted root (msdos filesystem) readonly
> WARNING: Unable to open an initial console (/dev/console)
> Kernel panic: cannot open initial console

The problem is that there is no writeable root device. So no new devices can
be created (like console). Try the suggested option and read 

	http://www.alphalinux.org/faq/milo.html

for additional information and commandline parameters. This is a great
resource...

Hth,

B.

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