scr (whoknows@onlinehome.de) wrote: > I didn't specify "load_ramdisk=1" in the first place, > because I thought that it was not necessary (the > "No init found" kernel panic appeared *after* I was > prompted to insert the floppy holding the RAM disk image). > > Trying out "load_ramdisk=1" I get another error message > after inserting the root floppy. > "RAMDISK: Couldn't find valid RAM disk image starting > at 0" > This is with a FAT formatted floppy to which I copied > root.bin from disks-alpha/2.2.16-2000-07-17/images-1.44/. > Despite of it's size (smaller than 1440 kB) I tried to > create the root image disk using dd, but with no luck > (another kernel panic after inserting it). I suspect > both attempts to create the root floppy were wrong. What was the exact commands you used to create the disks? > In the mailing list archive I read something about an > updated potato release. My CD identifies itself as > 2.2 r0 "Potato" - Official alpha Binary-1. Should I > try to boot/install with a more recent root floppy? AFAIK that was just to fix the CD image so it was bootable from SRM. Ron
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