Re: Debian images on a Risc PC

[Peter Naulls <Peter.Naulls@FutureTV.com>]

Mark Seaborn wrote:
> 
> I've been trying to get Jim Pick's Debian/ARM images to work on my
> Risc PC.  I've tried both images (the 1999-08-22 and 1999-02-20 ones),
> but both give this on startup:
> 
> VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly.
> INIT: Version 2.76 booting
> INIT: Entering runlevel: 2
> INIT: Id "1" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
> INIT: Id "2" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
> INIT: Id "3" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
> INIT: Id "4" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
> INIT: Id "5" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
> INIT: Id "6" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
> INIT: no more processes left in this runlevel
> 
> I've tried putting a load of echo commands in /etc/init.d/rc and
> /etc/init.d/rcS to see how far it is getting, but nothing extra gets
> printed on the screen.
> 

I had this too - the Debian image doesn't work too hot with 
those kernels.   I suggest you use one of the lkab kernels:

ftp://inkvine.fluff.org/pub/lkab/kernels/

Peter

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