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Re: How to boot debian installer from grub?



ln_alan@sina.com wrote:
> I am going to boot d-i on my hard disk from grub command. So I downloaded vmlinuz and initrd.gz from  http://ftp.debian.org/dists/unstable/main/installer-i386/current/images/hd-media/, and when grub boot I input at prompt as:
> grub>kernel (hd0,0)/vmlinuz root=/dev/ram ramdisk_size=8192
> grub>initrd (hd0,0)/initrd.gz
> grub>boot
> However,after loading kernel and mount root, the system suspended  and gave the following message:
> 
> Warning: unable to open an initial console.
> Kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
> 
> What's the proper way to boot d-i from grub? Thanks.

Add root=/dev/rd/0 devfs=mount,dall to the boot options.

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