Re: MILO + initrd

[Jay Estabrook <Jay.Estabrook@compaq.com>]

On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 03:59:10PM +0100, Anthony Hinsinger wrote:
> 
> the problem is ..... i'm unable to load the initrd image :(
> 
> when MILO (using ldmilo.exe)  is load, i use this boot command :
> MILO> boot sda2:/vmlinuz initrd=/initrd.img root=/dev/sda2
> 
> it seems it doesn't try to load the initrd image but it try to directly
> mount the root device (so the scsi module isn't load but the initrd and the
> kernel crash.)
> 
> ps : MILO is v2.2-17 get from http://people.debian.org/~rbf/files/ruffian/
> (the default coming with woody doesn't load)

Try using my MILO for Ruffian/UX based on v2.2-18, which has INITRD
support.

  ftp://ftp.digital.com/pub/DEC/Linux-ALpha/TESTING/ruffian-milo.img

This is a floppy image; you can extract the MILO using the "loop"
device option of "mount" thusly:

	mkdir /tmp/floppyimage
	mount -o loop /tmp/ruffian-milo.img /tmp/floppyimage
	cp /tmp/floppyimage/milo /tmp/milo.ruffian

Good luck.

 --Jay++

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