6.3 install problem

From: Alan Young (ayoung@teleport.com)
Date: Fri Jan 28 2000 - 19:14:59 PST

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Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 19:14:59 -0800
From: Alan Young <ayoung@teleport.com>
Subject: 6.3 install problem

    Hi,

    I received SuSE-AXP 6.3 today. I'm trying to install it on a LX164 machine.
    The machine has the AlphaBIOS (ARC) firmware. I'm trying to boot from the
    CD, but it's not working. I can start MILO from the CD. Milo loads and
    boots the kernel from CD, but the kernel fails in startup with the dreaded
    "Unable to open initial console" message. The MILO boot string I'm using
    is similar to the one rom section 2.1.2 of the manual (page 16).
    The string is:
      boot sr0:/etc/vmlinux.gz root=/dev/scd0 fake_initrd
    The manual has "scd0:" where I have sr0:. I'm not sure why MILO is not
    naming the devices the same. What does "fake_initrd" do ? Is it a typo?
    Should it be initrd=<something>?

    Also, the manual seems to refer to an "initdisk (install)" floppy, but
    there was no floppy in the box. I did make a disk from the disks/install
    image on the CD and had that in floppy drive but it does not seem to help.

    I'm not sure what's wrong, but it to me it seems like it's not loading
    a ramdisk and mounting that as root. Any ideas?

    Thanks,
    Alan

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