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re: Installing Debian from Red Hat (without a CD or floppy drive)



In article <[🔎] 20030610081723.18e32964.ronin2@bellatlantic.net>,
Kevin McKinley <ronin2@bellatlantic.net> wrote:

> On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 02:15:02 -0700
> Steve Grabowsku <debian_milter_937484@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> I was using GRUB as the bootloader, and I pointed it at the /boot
>> directory on the Debian partition.  It seemed to locate the kernel I
>> specified correctly.  (Specifying it wrong gave me a different error.)
>> 
>> I'm also using a mini-itx motherboard, if that makes a difference.
>> 
>> Can anyone give me an idea of what went wrong?
>
> Does your kernel require initrd? Did you tell grub about it too?

I don't know if it requires initrd, but it probably does.  I did tell
GRUB about it in any case.  Just to be perverse, I left out the initrd,
but that didn't help.



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