Re: Installer problem on Alpha XL 366
Hi Jean-Sebastien
You might be lucky to use the boot-floppies (as Floppy disks) and the
SRM Environment as follows:
set boot_osflags "root=/dev/fd0 load_ramdisk=1 prompt_ramdisk=1"
boot dva0 -file linux.bin
Greetings, Adrian.
On Wed, 2 Jul 2003 13:12:34 -0400
"Jean-Sebastien Guay" <jean_seb@hybride.com> wrote:
> Hello,
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> (please CC my work address jean_seb@hybride.com if you reply, because I am not subscribed to the list at work, only at home)
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> I am trying to install Debian Woody 3.0r1 Alpha on an Alpha XL 366 machine. When I try to boot the CD with the parameters given in the install docs, it starts booting, seems to recognize the 2GB SCSI drive and the 4X SCSI CD-ROM, the network card, etc. but before getting to the installer (which I am guessing is the ultimate goal of booting the CD) it ends with the following message :
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> VFS: Cannot open root device 00:00
> Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 00:00
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> I have googled this message, and it appears to be a common message when compiling a new kernel, and seems to be related to initrd or grub parameters, but I don't think I can change anything like that when booting from a CD. I tried going into interactive mode in MILO and issuing the following command :
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> boot sr0:/boot/linux root=/dev/sr0 load_ramdisk=1and it goes through the same boot procedure and stops with the same message (kernel panic).
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> I have found 2 possible alternate commands I will try tonight when I get home :
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> boot sr0:/boot/linux root=/dev/ram load_ramdisk=1
> boot sr0:/boot/linux root=/dev/scd0 load_ramdisk=1 (the second one is because apparently, MILO calls the CD-ROM sr0, but Linux calls it /dev/scd0)
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> But I'd like to see if anyone else ever got this message, whether one of the above commands should work, or if anyone has any other suggestions to make it work.
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> And why doesn't the CD just boot from the start? :-(
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> Thanks,
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> Jean-Sébastien Guay jean_seb@hybride.com
> Software Developer, Hybride http://www.hybride.com
> Piedmont, Québec, Canada
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