Re: potato r3
Ethan Benson <erbenson@alaska.net> writes:
> did you run the `Install Operating System kernel and modules' step
> in dbootstrap? (before the base install) thats when the kernel is
> installed. i just did a potato r3 installation a week ago and did
> not have a problem with lack of kernel.
Yeah, I'm almost positive I did (could I have really avoided it?).
But, I just had to do another reinstall, and /boot did have the kernel
in it. However, I still wasn't able to boot directly, despite the
fact that /boot/vmlinux-2.2.19 existed. I think this might be because
I made /boot a separate partition (I plan to move to XFS soon), and
the default ybin setup thought the kernels would be on my /
filesystem? I understand this is a tricky case.
> > Ok, well, if there is going to be a potato r4, it would be nice.
> > I think running slowly is better than not running (or rather, not
> > running usefully) at all...
>
> we could add it to the yaboot.conf on the CD, but users will have to
> do that themselves since there is no yaboot setup on potato. (it
> could be kludged in woody, but id rather not, by that time we should
> have kernel patches anyway).
I think it makes sense to make video=ofonly the default for the CD
(assuming there will be a potato r4). And, since (for potato) users
already have to frob their /etc/yaboot.conf after installation
anyways, so I don't see the disadvantage in adding it to the default
append=, possibly with a comment explaining when it's needed.
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