Re: cd boot fails: kernel can't find root fs
Hi list, hi Marc
since a while I follow this thread because I have an old SS20 with 128 MB
running. The installation (woody) went well with no problems. I used an old
external SCSI-CDROM-Drive (with Caddy).
Later on I tried to install a second SS20 with the same set of CD's and I got
also the same error as you did. First I thought the CD-Drive would be the
problem (a newer one). I used the same old one as on the other SS20. But the
problem was still there. Later I managed to install the SS20 with boot
floppies.
The Boot-PROM version of both SS20's is exactly the same! The only difference
is, that in the first installed SS20 I have 128 MB and one the later one only
118 MB (I don't even know if this is possible). I didn't open the machines to
check, I just believe what the system tells me.
So it looks like this is a confirmation of your theorie. Your error is
reproducible.
If your solution is reproducible I don't know, because I finished the
installation with floppies.
Dietmar (Debian newbie)
Am Montag, 16. Dezember 2002 04:24 schrieb Marc Horowitz:
> I got my ss20 to boot the install cdrom!
>
> I had 4x32mb memory modules in the machine. On a lark, I pulled two
> of them out, hoping to affect the memory allocation algorithm, and it
> worked.
>
> If anybody else out there has an ss20 they've been unable to boot off
> cdrom, try pulling memory until it's got only 64mb, or perhaps
> anywhere than 128mb. I'm curious if my solution is reproducible.
>
> There's still a bug here, but this is a sufficient workaround for me.
> When I'm done installing, I'll put the memory back in.
>
> Marc
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