Re: debian installer on ppc/pegasos
On Mon, Aug 25, 2003 at 06:19:42PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote:
> 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 ?
It's both, but I think it can be any block device except the
ramdisk used by the initrd.
--
Matt
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