Re: [suse-axp] SuSE 7.1 install problems on DS20

From: Markus Lischka (Markus_Lischka@Physik.TU-Muenchen.DE)
Date: Mon Jul 02 2001 - 01:32:15 PDT

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From: Markus Lischka <Markus_Lischka@Physik.TU-Muenchen.DE>
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.30.0107021030560.459-100000@slater.t30.physik.tu-muenchen.de>
Subject: Re: [suse-axp] SuSE 7.1 install problems on DS20

    > > What's going wrong here?
    >
    > Aboot loads the initrd at the very end of phys. RAM, but the kernel only
    > sees 2GB, so it can't read the initrd anymore (on machines >2GB).
    > The solution is to use the image 'install' (not install_xx) and boot:
    >
    > >>>b <boot-device> -fi /etc/vm_full.gz -fl "root=/dev/fd0 fake_initrd"

    Many thanks, this indeed solved our problem. We're now happily
    installing...

    Cheers,
    Markus Lischka

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