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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