Re: What is /dev/ram
Title: Re: What is /dev/ram
At 12:51 pm -0700 15/1/03, Philip Larkin Waters wrote:
so I edited
lilo.conf (for some reason there are two of them on my system, i
edited both, because the first didn't seem to have any effect: set
rootdev=/dev/ram)
You should only have one lilo.conf file which should contain
something like the following:
# RAMDisk Debian Installer
rootdev=/dev/ram
mach_options= keyboard_sends_linux_keycodes=1
(It doesn't matter what else is in the file as long as every other
line starts with "# "
Save the file and exit
This assumes that you've followed the
instructions in the link I sent you which includes:
1.
Obtain the Apple MkLinux Booter from:
http://nubus-pmac.sourceforge.net/
It comprises three folders , the contents of which need to be copied
to Control Panels (1 file), Extensions (1 file) and Preferences (2
files) folders - it's pretty self-explanatory.
2. Download the
MachKernel-2.4.19-rc1-020626 from:
ftp://ppc.linux.or.jp/%2Fpub/users/ekato/nubus-pmac/old/2.4.19-rc1/
and MachKernel-Debian-woody-020722.gz from:
ftp://ppc.linux.or.jp/%2Fpub/users/ekato/nubus-pmac/Debian_woody/
Rename from "MachKernel-Debian-woody-020722.gz" to
"Mach Kernel" and place in the Extensions folder.
3. Go to Control
Panels and open MkLinux window, select Custom which opens
lilo.conf
You've reported that you can't open
MkLinux from Control Panels which suggests that you may not have
followed the instructions correctly or something is broken on the Mac
side. The originator of the NuBus kernel that I used is on the
Nubus list. If the above doesn't help perhaps you should try
posting there with a description of how you've got to where you
are.
When I
reboot:
"Cannot
open root device "ram" or
01:00
what is
/dev/ram
and what is
/dev/sb.... whatever ..5 that I got before?
and what
does set rootdev mean?
Until you've installed Debian on your Hard Disk booting from
/dev/ram means that you start the boot process from the files you've
copied into your Mac system folder. After installation you edit
lilo.conf to boot from the linux root partition that you've
initialised and installed during the installation process.
These Nubus machines are quirky but if you follow the
instructions it should get you there ;-)
Regards
Clive
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