Re: [suse-axp] 6.3 install problem

From: Alan Young (ayoung@teleport.com)
Date: Sun Jan 30 2000 - 00:23:28 PST

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Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2000 00:23:28 -0800
From: Alan Young <ayoung@teleport.com>
Subject: Re: [suse-axp] 6.3 install problem

    Thanks, Cor! That did it! I don't know why I didn't think of that before.
    I guess I thought that the disk needed to be the old ramdisk image format
    and not a ext2 fs formatted floppy. Anyhow, once I changed the root= parm,
    I was able to read MILO and the kernel from the CD. The kernel then booted
    and prompted for the ramdisk. I had the disk with the install image in the
    drive and the kernel read it and then YAST started up. Being wary of the
    CD change prompt issue that you seemed to have encountered, I installed a
    minimal install + some minor packages (egcs, basic X, perl and few others)
    all from CD 1 and it's now up and running.

    Thanks again!
    Alan

    Cor Slot wrote:
    >
    > Hi..
    >
    > I have an AXPpci33 (noname). I also had problems (kernel panic, no root
    > fs or something like that), but after creating an 'install' diskette and
    > changing 'root' in the boot-line to
    >
    > boot scd0:/etc/vmlinux.gz root=/dev/fd0
    >
    > the installation program started and I could install linux.
    >
    > Unfortunately after CD1 I did not get a prompt for CD2, 3, and 4 and
    > changing CD's in between is not possible.. I tried to install 'almost
    > everything'... I will try to install a minimal set this evening and then
    > upgrade to everything, a suggestion I read somewhere in this list.
    >
    > Cheers,
    > Cor.
    > cslot@csoft.nu

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