Re: Test boot floppies (from CVS)

[Alex Romosan <romosan@adonis.lbl.gov>]

David Huggins-Daines <dhd@eradicator.org> writes:

> 3) For SRM you can still boot directly from the rescue disk. I put
> an aboot.conf on the disk but I'm not sure it will work right, as I
> haven't tested it. The full boot command should be:
> 
> >>> boot dva0 -file linux -flags "root=/dev/fd0 load_ramdisk=1"
> 

i can't get my alpha server to boot using the rescue disk. the kernel
hangs right after:

  Console: colour VGA+ 80x25
  Calibrating delay loop...

--alex--

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