On Tue, Apr 18, 2006 at 05:52:30PM +0100, Martin Collins wrote: > My multia currently runs RedHat 5.2 which boots from an internal IDE > disc via ARC and milo. It's a 166MHz with 64MB. It also has an SVGA > card in the slot. > I tried copying the image referred to in the debian-alpha > installation guide to the IDE drive. It started booting but stuck at > loading the initrd. I guess there is no IDE built into the kernel. > Would it be possible for installation kernels to be built with IDE > included? No, the installer will use the same kernel builds as are used for the installed system; no one is going to maintain a separate build just for the installer. > How come the netboot image only supports serial console? It doesn't, it supports a VGA console just fine. -- 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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