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Re: Problem with Sarge-NetInstall m68k on my Amiga (won't even start...)



Hi!

This did it! Thanks very much!
I had to change "vmlinuz" into "//kernels/vmlinuz-2.4.27-amiga", too. But that was no problem - I know the CD's directories in and out, since my search for root.bin ;-). Omitting the dots was no further problem, but thanks you mentioned it.
The Installer does now start properly. Users should avoid having FASTKICK (ROM -> 32-bit-RAM) installed. Unfortunately my Fusion40 does this automatically, as long as I don't disable it for every particular boot-up. No real problem there, but it's so awfully slow compared to having FASTKICK. On the other hand debian-installer needs the MMU itself - seems there's no way around it.
At the moment I'm trying to tell the installer, that I've got a Nexus-SCSI controller, which seems to me is the next obstacle on the way. I'll be browsing the FAQs and compatibility lists for this issue.
By the way... I just used UAE to check the CD. Could have been trouble with CD-Rs and my old quad-speed-drive.

Best Regards,
Tobias


Geert Uytterhoeven schrieb:
On Fri, 29 Oct 2004, Stephen R Marenka wrote:
  
On Fri, Oct 29, 2004 at 01:42:44AM +0200, Tobias Matschke wrote:
    
I downloaded the latest NetInstall ISO 
(http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/sid_d-i/m68k/pre-rc2/sarge-m68k-netinst.iso) 
and tried to install debian on my Amiga... But I can't even start the 
installer, because it doesn't find the size of the ram-disk. This may be 
related to the fact, that there ist no "root.bin" throughout the whole CD.
I made a Screenshot for you to see the error message:
      
Sorry, StartInstall should probably say ../../cdrom/initrd.gz. If that's
incorrect, please let me know.
    
Nah, that's not a valid AmigaOS path. `/' means `one up' (and `:' means
`root'), so it should be:

    //cdrom/initrd.gz

  
PS: I cross-chrecked this with UAE, but the problem persists.
      
UAE doesn't support linux. :-(
    
You mean: (without extra patches) UAE doesn't support emulating the MMU?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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