Re: No root-fs

[Ray Knight <audilvr@speakeasy.org>]

Jordan Curzon wrote:
> 
> I am kind of new to Linux but I know I little. I have a Performa 637CD with
> IDE hd. I downloaded the "install.sit" from
> "pub/debian/dists/slink/main/disks-m68k/2.1.9.2-2000-03-02/mac/" I also
> downloaded "root.bin"
> I found a program "Penguin-17" with no web resources specified inside. I
> can't boot off the the rescue disk and when I run renguin to boot linux it
> gets all the way though but can't find a root fs. It looks on /dev/fd0 but
> spits out the disk and says it can't find the fs and halts with a
> kernel_panic. I already partitioned the drive with  an A/UX root and swap
> partitions. Is there a way to get a root fs on the root partition from the
> macos? Or is there another fix?
> 
> Thanks

The Mac port of Linux does not currently support floppy disks.  For
installation of slink see
http://www.mac.linux-m68k.org/docs/debian-2.1-mac68k-install.html

Ray Knight
audilvr@speakeasy.org