On Tue, Mar 27, 2007 at 08:32:46AM -0500, Stephen R Marenka wrote: > On Tue, Mar 27, 2007 at 04:41:13AM +0200, rvalles wrote: > > I've done tons of tests. At the end, it seems the 2.6.18-4 kernel image > > just won't accept any initrd, even the old ones. > > Bummer. Maybe one of ya'll amiga guys can confirm? > > > On the other hand, vmlinuz-2.4.27-amiga from stable does work with any > > of the initrds, from stable or unstable. Maybe it's just that the > > 2.6.18-4 kernel image for amiga is broken and nobody noticed up until > > now; I don't have older images to try, or linux-capable amiga equipment > > other than my blizzard 1230mkIV, therefore I cannot do any more tests. > > > > If I'm left with no option, in a few days I'll use 2.4 to partition > > the drive and create the filesystems, then unpack unstable's base > > tarball to some partition and boot it using 2.6.18-4, which seems to > > work besides the initrd issue. > > If 2.4 works for you, I'd be inclined to install with d-i from sarge. > There's not really an unstable base tarball any more (unless you make > your own). > Since I don't have a network card anyways, I believe I'll be doing this: 1. boot 2.4 + initrd from unstable 2. go to a terminal, partition and format stuff, unpack base 3. boot base with 2.6 4. unpack base again to a new partition, created with this ext3 options that are only available in 2.6. (yeah, I've lost it) 5. boot new partition with 2.6. 6. set up some dumb-modem + ppp/slip thingy to get out to the world. 7. have a fight with the network card. So much for my free time! -- - Do you study theories? - Oh yes! Theories are fun. - How do you use them? - When I must act, theories are too slow. To act, I must know.
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