Re: Kernel 2.6.8 - SILO/initrd problems
[...installed debian kernel-image 2.6.8 package...]
[...didn't work...]
> P.S I tried adding "initrd=/boot/initrd.img" to the /boot/silo.conf
> file.. and while linux then booted to my login prompt, the keyboard
> mapping was incredibly messed up (tried lots of different keyboards,
> too), when I "stop" back into openprom the keyboard works (but only in
> openprom)
>
> For instance, "a" is mapped to "1" and "s" is mapped to "2" and "d" is
> mapped to "3" and CapsLock is mapped to "t".
>
> Sounds like something got royally messed up in some crucial memory
> area....
>
> ideas?
AFAIK you need to have the initrd line in your silo.conf. However 2.6.x
kernels appear to be broken under debian ATM - the reason that I'm not
using 2.6.x :(
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=269405
kernel-image-2.6.8-1-sparc64: keyboard problem [bug in console-data]
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Neil
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