Indy boot problem

[Helmut Seibert <helmut.seibert@web.de>]

Hi,

I'm trying to install debian woody on an Indy (2GB disk, SGI 24Bit 
graphics, 96MB RAM).
According to the installation manual all steps until

8.2 The Moment of Truth

went ok.

When the Indy is booting from its own disk
it is always ending up with a kernel panic.

This are the warnings/errors I could observe:

RAMDISK: couldn't  find valid RAM disk image starting at 0.
Warning: unable to open initial console
kernel panic: no init found. Try passing init= option to Kernel

Also by examinig the root filesystem on the Indy's disk (using the shell 
of the installation program) I couln't find any /dev file and there is 
no /sbin/init.

What is going wrong ?
Where can I get the missing files from and how can I pass parameters to 
the kernel on the Indy ?

Thanks in advance

Helmut