On Fri, Dec 09, 2005 at 01:37:04PM +0100, Padiyath Sreekumaran wrote: > Hello, > Iam trynig to install Debian Linux (3.1) on a Alpha Station 400 > from a CD. I wrote the following command in SRM prompt: > boot dka300 -flag 0 > The system stops with aboot prompt. Then I wrote the value 0. > Then it started booting and stops with the following message on the > screen: > aboot: Starting kernel boot/vmlinuz with argument ramdisk_size=16384 > root=/dev/ram devs=mount,dall > Afterwards nothing happens. I tested the cdrom with Tru64 CD and the > drive is good. > Any help is appreciated. Is your SRM prompt on a monitor, or on a serial console? Having it stop at that point with *no* further output sounds like the output is going somewhere other than where you expected. Cheers, -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. vorlon@debian.org http://www.debian.org/
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