Re: debian-installer on oldworld -- how-to ?
On Fri, 12 Mar 2004 11:41:35 +0100
Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr> wrote:
> Ok. Seems reasonable. Though it would be nice to know if quik supports
> an initrd, since it would be usefull to boot the all modular kernel with
> modules on the initrd even for the final install.
It doesn't seem to work... I spent some time trying different
command-line options, without success -- the included quik.conf lists
all options I tried ; maybe you'll see something else to try.
The error I get is always the same:
cramfs: wrong magic
Kernel panic: Unable to mount root fs on 01:00 (or 01:01 with
root=/dev/ram1).
I tried to create my own cramfs image with mkcramfs from the root.bin
that is included on the CD image -- I get the same error, although
cramfsck doesn't complain about the magic number... must be quik-specific
As for bootx, the root.bin that is on the CD image is booting fine on an
OldWorld -- I didn't use the installer further than "Get a shell",
though.
Here are the different quik options I tried (the commented out ones also)
#
# /etc/quik.conf -- conf file for the quik bootloader
#
# The second-stage bootstrap waits for 2 seconds
timeout=20
# We have this for all kernels
#read-only
# The rest of the kernel command-line
#append="video=radeon:1024x768@85"
# The current image
#root=/dev/hda6
image=/boot/vmlinux-2.4.25-ben1
label=Linux
append="root=/dev/hda6 video=radeon:1024x768@85"
# The six initrds below are from
# http://people.debian.org/~tsauter/d-i/images-powerpc/daily/
# They end in .gz although they are not gzipped... why ?
image=/boot/vmlinux
#append="root=/dev/ram initrd=/boot/cdrom-initrd.gz ramdisk_size=8192 devfs=mount video=radeon:1024x768@85"
#append="root=/dev/ram initrd=/boot/cdrom-initrd.gz devfs=mount video=radeon:1024x768@85"
append="root=/dev/ram initrd=/boot/cdrom-initrd.gz devfs=mount,dall video=radeon:1024x768@85"
label=rd1ram
#
image=/boot/vmlinux
#append="root=/dev/ram0 initrd=/boot/cdrom-initrd.gz ramdisk_size=8192 devfs=mount video=radeon:1024x768@85"
#append="root=/dev/ram0 initrd=/boot/cdrom-initrd.gz devfs=mount video=radeon:1024x768@85"
append="root=/dev/ram0 initrd=/boot/cdrom-initrd.gz devfs=mount,dall video=radeon:1024x768@85"
label=rd1ram0
#
image=/boot/vmlinux
#append="root=/dev/ram1 initrd=/boot/cdrom-initrd.gz ramdisk_size=8192 devfs=mount video=radeon:1024x768@85"
#append="root=/dev/ram1 initrd=/boot/cdrom-initrd.gz devfs=mount video=radeon:1024x768@85"
append="root=/dev/ram1 initrd=/boot/cdrom-initrd.gz devfs=mount,dall video=radeon:1024x768@85"
label=rd1ram1
#
image=/boot/vmlinux
#append="root=/dev/ram initrd=/boot/netboot-initrd.gz ramdisk_size=8192 devfs=mount video=radeon:1024x768@85"
#append="root=/dev/ram initrd=/boot/netboot-initrd.gz devfs=mount video=radeon:1024x768@85"
append="root=/dev/ram initrd=/boot/netboot-initrd.gz devfs=mount,dall video=radeon:1024x768@85"
label=rd2ram
#
image=/boot/vmlinux
#append="root=/dev/ram0 initrd=/boot/netboot-initrd.gz ramdisk_size=8192 devfs=mount video=radeon:1024x768@85"
#append="root=/dev/ram0 initrd=/boot/netboot-initrd.gz devfs=mount video=radeon:1024x768@85"
append="root=/dev/ram0 initrd=/boot/netboot-initrd.gz devfs=mount,dall video=radeon:1024x768@85"
label=rd2ram0
#
image=/boot/vmlinux
#append="root=/dev/ram1 initrd=/boot/netboot-initrd.gz ramdisk_size=8192 devfs=mount video=radeon:1024x768@85"
#append="root=/dev/ram1 initrd=/boot/netboot-initrd.gz devfs=mount video=radeon:1024x768@85"
append="root=/dev/ram1 initrd=/boot/netboot-initrd.gz devfs=mount,dall video=radeon:1024x768@85"
label=rd2ram1
# The following three from the CD image
image=/boot/vmlinux-cdrom
#append="root=/dev/ram initrd=/boot/root.bin ramdisk_size=8192 devfs=mount video=radeon:1024x768@85"
#append="root=/dev/ram initrd=/boot/root.bin devfs=mount video=radeon:1024x768@85"
append="root=/dev/ram initrd=/boot/root.bin devfs=mount,dall video=radeon:1024x768@85"
label=rd3ram
#
image=/boot/vmlinux-cdrom
#append="root=/dev/ram0 initrd=/boot/root.bin ramdisk_size=8192 devfs=mount video=radeon:1024x768@85"
#append="root=/dev/ram0 initrd=/boot/root.bin devfs=mount video=radeon:1024x768@85"
append="root=/dev/ram0 initrd=/boot/root.bin devfs=mount,dall video=radeon:1024x768@85"
label=rd3ram0
#
image=/boot/vmlinux-cdrom
#append="root=/dev/ram1 initrd=/boot/root.bin ramdisk_size=8192 devfs=mount video=radeon:1024x768@85"
#append="root=/dev/ram1 initrd=/boot/root.bin devfs=mount video=radeon:1024x768@85"
append="root=/dev/ram1 initrd=/boot/root.bin devfs=mount,dall video=radeon:1024x768@85"
label=rd3ram1
Simon
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