Installing Debian S/390 on Hercules problems.

[Patrick Finnegan <pat@computer-refuge.org>]

So, when trying to "boot from tape" on hercules, I get the following 
messages:

RAMDISK: Couldn't find valid RAM disk image starting at 0.
Freeing initrd memory: 1k freed
RAMDISK: Couldn't find valid RAM disk image starting at 0.
Freeing initrd memory: 1k freed
cramfs: wrong magic
Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 01:00

I can't get any farther than that, and am unsure what's going wrong.  
I'm following the directions from this article:

http://sinenomine.net/weblink/goto/336

I downloaded the tape files from: 
http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/woody/main/disks-s390/current/tape/

I've got a "tapes" subdir with the kernel.debian, initrd.debian, and 
parmline.debian (reblocked to be 1024 bytes), along with the 
lintape.tdf file in it, and the "current dir" has a hercules.conf, 
linux.120 and linux.121 image files in it.  my hercules.conf looks 
like:

-----------------------------------------------------------------------
CPUSERIAL 000069        # CPU serial number
CPUMODEL  9672          # CPU model number
MAINSIZE  64            # Main storage size in megabytes
XPNDSIZE  0             # Expanded storage size in megabytes
CNSLPORT  3270          # TCP port number to which consoles connect
NUMCPU    1             # Number of CPUs
LOADPARM  0120....      # IPL parameter
OSTAILOR  LINUX         # OS tailoring
PANRATE   FAST          # Panel refresh rate

0120    3390    linux.120
0121    3390    linux.121
0400    3088    0401 192.168.3.2 /usr/sbin/vmnet
0401    3088    0400 192.168.3.2 /usr/sbin/vmnet
0581    3480    ./tapes/lintap.tdf
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Pat
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