On Mon, May 02, 2005 at 12:28:14PM +0200, Martin Langer wrote: > On Sun, May 01, 2005 at 01:56:28PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > > Hi Martin, > > On Sun, May 01, 2005 at 02:55:52PM +0200, Martin Langer wrote: > > > I've tried to install sarge on an Alpha XL-300 without success. I've > > > taken my old milo (from woody) to boot the RC2-NetInst-CD. The install > > > was smoothly. But booting the new system failed due to the already known > > > sym53c8xx_2 bug (#284961). > > No, that bug was diagnosed as being one that only applied to upgrades from > > previous 2.4 kernels. Whatever bug you're seeing, it isn't 284961. Can you > > provide more detail about what you're seeing? > These are the messages if I try to boot my fresh installed system. And > yes, sda2 is the correct partition. > [...] > Booting GENERIC on Alcor variation Bret using machine vector XLT from MILO > Command line: bootdevice=sda2 bootfile=vmlinuz root=/dev/sda2 I don't see any mention of an initial ramdisk on this command line. All sarge kernels on alpha boot with the help of an initrd. Cheers, -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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