On Mon, Aug 30, 2004 at 01:05:57PM -0400, Toni L. Harbaugh-Blackford [Contr] wrote: > I forgot to mention that the installation process, when complete, says > that it will reboot on the newly installed disk: > lqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqu [!!] Finish the installation tqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqk > lx Installation complete x > xx Installation is complete, so it is time to boot into your new Debian x > xx system. Make sure to remove the installation media (CD-ROM, x > xx floppies), so that your system boots from the disk to which Debian x > xx was installed. x > xx x > mx <Go Back> <Continue> x > x x > mqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqj > But infact the system attempts to reboot from the cdrom drive instead. Forcing > a boot from the intended disk at the console prompt is a workaround. > I wonder if this has anything to do with the fact that the system's bootdef_dev > console variable is set to a disk *other* than the new installation disk, and > the installer is unwilling to change the setting. Mmm, yes -- this text was written for the i386 version of the installer. Now I understand the other reports from users expecting their alphas to reboot to the installed system; this is unlikely to happen any time soon, though, because mapping Linux device names to SRM device names is a hard problem. -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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