Re: Qn re amiga linux install
On Wed, 8 Jul 1998, Mark Dorset wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Hoping this won't appear like a silly question, but I've done about all the FAQ reading and websearching I can and still havent quite got this figured out...
>
> >From ftp.debian.org, I've downloaded
>
> /debian/hamm/hamm/disks-m68k/1998-03-10/common/root.bin
> /debian/hamm/hamm/disks-m68k/1998-03-10/common/base2_0.tgz
> /debian/hamm/hamm/disks-m68k/1998-03-10/amiga/vmlinux
> /debian/hamm/hamm/disks-m68k/1998-03-10/amiga/drv1440.bin
> /debian/hamm/hamm/disks-m68k/1998-03-10/amiga/resc1440.bin
^^^these two disks MUST be 720kb NOT 1440kb - Most Amiga users have
low density disk drives!
Can this be remedied?
Luke
> /debian/hamm/hamm/disks-m68k/1998-03-10/amiga/amiboot-5.6
>
> I then booted linux by doing;
>
> amiboot -k vmlinux -r root.bin root=/dev/ram
>
> Which started the install. I did all the partitioning/swap creation and was able to unpack the base2_0.tgz file system as well.
>
> I have the drv1440.bin and resc1440.bin in my dh0:linux directory. The problem I'm having is with the "Install Operating System Kernel and Modules" section. I select it, verify the filesystem choice.
>
> I then select "harddisk : filesystem on the hard disk" then "/dev/sdb1". As the "path inside the harddisk filesystem where Debian archive resides" I put in "/linux". I choose the directory from a list and select the only option ; "/instmnt/linux".
>
> Then I get an error "Unable to mount the Rescue Floppy" and on the screen i also have:
>
> affs_bmap(): No ext_cache!?
> loop: block 0 not present
> end_request: I/O error, dev 07:00, sector 0
> FAT bread failed
> Mount /dev/loop0 (type msdos) on /floppy: wrong filesystem type, or bad superblock on /dev/loop0
>
> I've tried other variations in getting it to work but don't seem to be getting anywhere.
>
> Thanks for any advice that can be offered.
>
> ;-)
> mark
>
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