Re: debian installer on ppc/pegasos
On Mon, Aug 25, 2003 at 04:29:23PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote:
> I am trying to build debian-installer to boot on my pegasos box (ppc of
> chrp lineage). I created the cdrom.initrd image, and included it in my
> zImage.chrp kernel, which i try to boot.
>
> The OF loads the kernel, boots it, and loads the initrd, but then fails
> with a "can't find init, try a init= option" kind of message.
>
> I have tried the to use the init=/linuxrc parameter that Gaudenz
> Steinlin suggested in his July 4 response to Rolf Brudeseth, but to not
> much avail.
>
> Any hint on how to go on ?
In order to boot on my iBook, I used the following yaboot.conf
fragment:
image=/home/kraai/dev/debian-installer/build/tmp/floppy/vmlinux
label=install
initrd=/home/kraai/dev/debian-installer/build/dest/floppy-initrd.gz
initrd-size=8192
root=/dev/hda4
Does adding "root=/dev/whatever" help?
--
Matt
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