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Re: working on the Alpha port



>>>>> On Fri, 13 Dec 2002 07:23:27 +1100
>>>>> "HX" == Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> wrote:
HX> 
HX> On Thu, Dec 12, 2002 at 05:12:06PM +0300, Alexander Kotelnikov wrote:
>> >>>>> On Thu, 12 Dec 2002 11:24:25 +0100
>> >>>>> "ML" == Mario Lang <mlang@debian.org> wrote:
ML> 
ML> Alexander Kotelnikov <sacha@debian.org> writes:
>> >> I have faced a problem with booting from two disks. The trouble seems
>> >> to be in Herbert's kernel, since mine boots and loads debian-installer
>> >> initrd image.
ML> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD=m
ML> 
ML> I guess that is the problem.
>> 
>> Ah.. almost sure it is.
HX> 
HX> What boot loader are you using? It should be loading the initrd, not
HX> the kernel.

aboot. The trouble happens long after it loads vmlinuz, when it tries
to get initrd image from the second floppy, so I do not think king of
bootloader matters here. And again: it boots with my kernel, even it
could not be called generic, it is my 600ua-specific.

-- 
Alexander Kotelnikov
Saint-Petersburg, Russia



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