Bug#266066: Alpha netboot doesn't mount initrd, causing kernel panic

[Paul Millar <paulm@astro.gla.ac.uk>]

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Package:  debian-installer

(is this the right package?)

I'm using DHCP server to issue an Alpha LX164 machine with a netboot boot.img 
file.  The latest version (2004-08-09, MD5: 4591236ca7d3eb6daba4b0f133f947a6) 
(and recent, previous versions) do not boot correctly as they failing to 
mount the initrd image and so cause the kernel to panic.

The work-around is to issue a suitable kernel command-line at SRM prompt:

boot ewa0 -fl "root=/dev/rd/0 devfs=mount,dall rw ramdisk_size=16384 
init=/linuxrc"

but this is somewhat unwieldy.

Can correct parameters be compiled into the alpha-install kernel, embedded 
within the boot.img image?

Cheers,

Paul.
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