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Re: PowerPC Clone fails booting 2.6 d-i floppy



On Thu, Oct 21, 2004 at 08:32:29PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 21, 2004 at 11:23:57AM -0400, Duane Cottle wrote:
> > Trying to see what's on the 2.6 root.img, I've been unsuccessful 
> > mounting it as loop or the actual floppy.
> > 
> > What filesystem type is it? I figured it was ext2, but mount says it's 
> > not.
> > 
> > I've tried cramfs, hfs, hfsplus, but it's not working.
> 
> Should be cramfs for powerpc 2.6 (ext2 isn't built into the stock
> kernel).

Notice that the initrd is usually a compressed cramfs, so you have to
uncompress it first.

Friendly,

Sven Luther



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