Re: Trying to start the installer on PowerBase 200.
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From: "David Woyciesjes" <dwoyciesjes@comcast.net>
To: <debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 2:00 PM
Subject: Trying to start the installer on PowerBase 200.
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> I have here a PowerBase 200, running MacOS8.6. I loaded BootX 1.2.2,
> and I'm currently having trouble starting the installer from the
> recommended ramdisk image. I did specify the ramdisk image, and hit Save
> to Prefs.
>
> Here's the last bit when it does try to boot.
>
> Warning: unable to open an initial console
> Kernel Panic: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel
> Rebooting...
>
Sounds like it's finding root.bin, but that maybe that file is corrupted
since it doesn't find init within it. Did you get it from the powermac
ftp archive folder?
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