Bug#251825: Installing sarge PPC kernel with d-i fails with initrd warning
On Mon, May 31, 2004 at 12:45:04AM -0700, John Gilmore wrote:
> Package: debian-installer
> Version: sarge 20040523 CD
This is rather old. A lot of packages have been moved into testing since
then.
> I booted the install CD in expert mode, and was able to progress
> through the installation until picking a kernel. I picked the
> kernel-image-2.6.6-powerpc (I also tried 2.4.25-powerpc-small-pmac and
> got the same result). It failed to install, producing these error
> messages:
>
> You are attempting to install an initrd kernel image (version 2.6.6-powerpc)
> This will not work unless you have configured your boot loader to use
> initrd. (An initrd image is a kernel image that expects to use an INITial
> Ram Disk to mount a minimal root file system into RAM and use that for
> booting).
This indicates an old version of rootskel. Please try a current image.
> I don't know whether the yaboot configuration stuff (which comes later
> in debian-installer) know how to handle an initrd 2.6 (or 2.4) kernel.
It does.
> There was no documentation in the manuals about whether or when it is
> appropriate to use 2.6 kernels in debian-installer...
The documentation needs a *big* round of updates, I'm afraid.
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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