On Wed, 28 Apr 2004 12:57:02 +0200, Gaudenz Steinlin wrote:
>On Tue, Apr 27, 2004 at 10:51:30PM +0200, Herbert Kaminski wrote:
>> Package: installation-reports
>> 1. booting from CD still needs 'linux root=/dev/rd/0 rw'
>> at the SILO prompt
>These options should now be present in the latest version of silo.conf in svn.
The 'rw' seems to be essential. The silo.conf on the current
(2004-APR-27) netinst ISO has 'root=/dev/rd/0' but no 'rw',
and it does _not_ boot out of the box (just hitting ENTER at
the SILO prompt) but needs the extra argument. If I omit the
'root...' line, the last 4 lines say:
VFS: mounted root(ext2 file system).
Mounted devfs on /dev
Kernel panic: VFS: unable to mount root fs on 00:00
Press L1-A to return to the boot prom
If I enter 'linux rw', the installer starts fine.
>> 3. no keyboard selection at all. Later, with priority=medium,
>> I could select 'keyboard' from main menu, but only got the
>> alternatives 'sun keyboard / USB keyboard', but no german
>> layout. Very bad.
Actually, SILO knows my german keyboard layout - thats GREAT if
you must enter 'root=/dev/rd/0' :-). The installer on VC1 or VC2
assumes standard american layout. I got no idea how to interpret
the log file, so I attached the complete syslog.
>> 4. DHCP only worked on second try.
Actually, DHCP wored, as 'ifconfig' on VC2 shows. So I assume the
reported error is due to low mem.
>> 5. partitioner did not start.
Actually, I do not need a partitioner, as the disk is already
partitioned from an old RH 5.x install. Older isos/netboot
allowed me to bypass partman, make ext2 fs manually and get
them mounted and the base system installed. This is no longer
possible, so I am lost here, as partman needs more memory.
Don't get me wrong: I do not intend to actually install sarge
on this box, so I do not want the old isos back. I just can't
test DI any more on this box beyond this point.
Herbert
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