On Wed, Dec 06, 2000 at 03:45:31AM +0100, Mark Lamers wrote: > Hello, > > I've just installed a debian prep version on my Bull Estrella 300 with > Powerstack II Utah. According to the install text , there should be a > prep (type 41) > boot directory (first partition, first drive). Now I have a kernel panic > because the kernel could'nt load thet "/" partition. > Any suggestions ? note im not terribly familier with prep machines, but as i understand it you dd the kernel right onto the raw prepboot partition. i presume you need to rdev it to set the default root device appropriately. there is also a ROOT_DEVICE = keyword in the top level kernel Makefile which you can hard code the default root device. this is the only option i can think of since there is no boot loader. but as i said im not terribly familier with PRePs. -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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