Re: none
"Jasper Spit" <j.spit@uptime.nl> writes:
> Hi,
>
> Trying to install Debian 2.2 on my new system which has the main
> hard drive connected to a Promise Ultra 100 connector. Problem ofcourse
> is that when I boot from the Debian CD, the promise controller and hard
> drive are not detected.
>
> So I created a boot disk with the 2.2.17 kernel and the Promise patches
> applied. This works, I can boot with the boot disk, and I see that the
> controller and harddisk are detected (hde, lol !), BUT, now I want to
> proceed installing from the debian CD. So how can I get my system to
> boot from the bootdisk I created, and then proceed with the normal setup
> from the Debian binary #1 CD ? I tried stuff like root=/dev/hdc in the
> /etc/lilo.conf on the disk, but that didn't work.
>
> I think I need to load /install/root.bin on the CD, but how ?
I would suggest you make floppies based on the images provided on the
cd, simply replacing the kernel on the rescue disk. You'll probably
get module errors but that's not a deal-breaker for installation.
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.....Adam Di Carlo....adam@onShore.com.....<URL:http://www.onShore.com/>
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