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



On Wed, Aug 18, 2004 at 12:34:54AM +0100, Paul Millar wrote:

> On Tuesday 17 August 2004 00:26, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 16, 2004 at 12:21:24PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote:
> > > boot ewa0 -fl "" always works for me.

> Sorry Steve, I didn't get your reply straight off.

> Erm, yeah, kinda obvious once you say it.  I had boot_osflag set to 0 from a 
> previous aboot installation. I can confirm that doing

>   boot ewa0 -fl ""

> *does* work, as does unsetting the boot_osflag.

> So everything works OK, but perhaps this gotcha could/should be documented 
> somewhere.  The install manual says that ``boot ewa0'' should work:

>   http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/en.alpha/ch05s01.html#id2511128

> If one has default aboot boot_osflag set, then the install will fail.  I think 
> just a one-liner, saying to try adding the -fl "" if boot ewa0 fails would be 
> enough.

Yep, I've updated the alpha documentation in this area.

Thanks,
-- 
Steve Langasek
postmodern programmer

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