RE: CHRP booting and ramdisk setup problem (43P-150)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Wootton [mailto:mwootton@austin.ibm.com]
> Sent: Friday, February 04, 2000 12:24 AM
> To: debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org
> Subject: CHRP booting and ramdisk setup problem (43P-150)
>
>
> Hello. I am trying to install Debian on a 43-P Model 150. I can get the
> kernel to boot but it hangs when it fails to mount the root filesystem. I
> have tried both the latest Potato and Woody floppies. I am using
> parameters
> similar to:
>
> boot floppy:,\linux load_ramdisk=1 prompt_ramdisk=1 root=/dev/ram video=
> keep
>
> However, it never prompts to insert the ramdisk floppy (i.e.
> root.bin), just
> halts when it can't mount the root device (01:00). I tried
Hello Michael,
when you want to load your ramdisk-image from floppy you need to use
root=/dev/fd0 .
Have you tried this ?
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