Bug#266066: marked as done (Alpha netboot doesn't mount initrd, causing kernel panic)
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From: Paul Millar <paulm@astro.gla.ac.uk>
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Subject: Alpha netboot doesn't mount initrd, causing kernel panic
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 16:25:01 +0100
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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.i=
mg=20
file. The latest version (2004-08-09, MD5: 4591236ca7d3eb6daba4b0f133f947a=
6)=20
(and recent, previous versions) do not boot correctly as they failing to=20
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=3D/dev/rd/0 devfs=3Dmount,dall rw ramdisk_size=3D16384=
=20
init=3D/linuxrc"
but this is somewhat unwieldy.
Can correct parameters be compiled into the alpha-install kernel, embedded=
=20
within the boot.img image?
Cheers,
Paul.
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Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 21:57:23 -0700
From: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
To: Paul Millar <paulm@astro.gla.ac.uk>
Cc: debian-boot@lists.debian.org, 266066-done@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Re: Bug#266066: Alpha netboot doesn't mount initrd, causing kernel panic
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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 fro=
m a=20
> 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 documente=
d=20
> 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=20
> just a one-liner, saying to try adding the -fl "" if boot ewa0 fails woul=
d be=20
> enough.
Yep, I've updated the alpha documentation in this area.
Thanks,
--=20
Steve Langasek
postmodern programmer
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