Re: debian installer on ppc/pegasos
On Mon, Aug 25, 2003 at 09:18:45AM -0700, Matt Kraai wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 25, 2003 at 04:29:23PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote:
> > I am trying to build debian-installer to boot on my pegasos box (ppc of
> > chrp lineage). I created the cdrom.initrd image, and included it in my
> > zImage.chrp kernel, which i try to boot.
> >
> > The OF loads the kernel, boots it, and loads the initrd, but then fails
> > with a "can't find init, try a init= option" kind of message.
> >
> > I have tried the to use the init=/linuxrc parameter that Gaudenz
> > Steinlin suggested in his July 4 response to Rolf Brudeseth, but to not
> > much avail.
> >
> > Any hint on how to go on ?
>
> In order to boot on my iBook, I used the following yaboot.conf
> fragment:
>
> image=/home/kraai/dev/debian-installer/build/tmp/floppy/vmlinux
> label=install
> initrd=/home/kraai/dev/debian-installer/build/dest/floppy-initrd.gz
> initrd-size=8192
> root=/dev/hda4
>
> Does adding "root=/dev/whatever" help?
Well, we don't have yaboot support, so this would not be a solution.
Maybe passing the initrd-size option to the kernel would help. I will
also try the root parameter. What is your /dev/hda4 ? Your root
partition, or the one you have the initrd on ?
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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