RE: Slink install on Falcon. Can't make a boot floppy

["Brian Hutchinson \(EUS\)" <EUSBTH@am1.ericsson.se>]

I did that.  Although I don't remember the -s.  I think I had -k linux root
linux root=/dev/yyyy video=keep

I just verified that this is what the install.txt file says to do.

What does -s do for me and could that be the problem?

Reading too literal now!

Brian


-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Schmitz [mailto:schmitz@opal.biophys.uni-duesseldorf.de]
Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2000 10:20 AM
To: Brian Hutchinson (EUS)
Cc: 'debian-68k@lists.debian.org'
Subject: RE: Slink install on Falcon. Can't make a boot floppy


> Root-NFS: Unable to open at least one network device
> Root-NFS: Unable to contact NFS server for root fs, using /dev/fd0
> instead
> VFS: Insert root floppy and press ENTER
> 
> .... at which point I'm dead in the water again!
> 
> I admit this problem might also be a lack of my reading but I don't recall
> seeing anything in install.txt that talked about this or needing a boot
> floppy.  I could be wrong though.

It's the result of ignoring the following section of the install guide:

So, one last step is required from you before you can boot your freshly 
installed Linux: Go to the directory containing the installation files
and start up a texteditor into which you need to enter just one line:

    -s -k linux root=/dev/yyyy video=keep

   In this line, replace the

   yyyy

with the Linux partition name of the root partition onto which you
installed 

More reading for you ...

	Michael