Bug#273363: Problem was in aboot param passing

["Brian S. Julin" <bri@abrij.org>]

On Sat, 25 Sep 2004, Steve Langasek wrote:

> On Sat, Sep 25, 2004 at 06:57:33PM -0400, Brian S. Julin wrote:
>
> > After grepping through the root.bin image for the correct paramters,
> > and applying them using the SRM -fl option, I was able to start the
> > installer.  So the real issue is that the default kernel commandline
> > contained in aboot is not making it through to the booted kernel.
>
> This is documented in the current install manual.  You should be booting
> with boot ewa0 -flags "" to avoid overwriting the built-in boot options.

OK, I checked the "sarge" manual entry which is the one suggested at
http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ and there is still a
problem with the section on this -- applying any kernel flag at the
boot prompt will cause the issue to recurr unless the aboot default
parameters are included along with it on the commandline.  The manusl
suggests for example using boot ewa0 -flags console=ttyS0 to boot
from a serial console, an example which if followed will break.

Unfortunately fixing the manual fully would involve including a
copy of the default parameters in the documentation and then
keeping it in sync with any changes.

--
Brian