Booting the installer on a 7305 (DigitalServer 7000) works like
described in the document "Installing RedHat Linux 6.0 on a Digital (DEC)
Alpha 4100" (Blakey, J. 1999;
http://www.alphalinux.org/docs/rawhide/4100_install.shtml).
in short:
Use the Floppy-Disks Bootfloppies
set boot_osflags "root=/dev/fd0 load_ramdisk=1 prompt_ramdisk=1"
boot dva0 -file linux.bin
Like this I was able to boot into the debian installer.
Thanks for helping.
Adrian.
On Wed, 02 Jul 2003 13:08:13 +0200
Adrian Zaugg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dear List
>
> Installing Debian (Debian Alpha Port) on a rawhide with a diskaray
> connected to a QLogic HVD (ISP 1040)* leads to a kernel panic:
>
> VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 01:00
>
>
> If I connect a single SCSI Drive to a Symbios Card, removing all
> QLogic-Adapters, I can install Debian. With such an installation and
> having connected the diskarray afterwards, I can access the array and
> use the disks (unfortunately there is no space to mount a single drive
> in the box nowhere, so I must use the diskarray solely). With this, I
> just want to state the hardware is basically working with Debian...
>
> What I have tried so far, with same results:
> - use LordSuch's Netinst (from CD)
> - use the rescue- and rootdisk (from floppy)
> - preformat the disks in the array with ext3 and bsd disklabels (bsd
> disklabels are needed for debian-alpha to boot)
> - with unformatted and unpartitioned disks
> - different scsi cabling and changing PCI slots
> - using bootflag rootfstype
> - googling to get other hints...
>
> What else can I try?
>
> What does the number 01:00 in the error-message mean? If I change the
> cabling, sometimes I get 02:00 or even 08:00.
>
>
> Thank you for your help!
>
>
> Regards, Adrian.
>
>
> *)
> Scheme of Hardware:
> _____________________ __________________
> RAWHIDE-QLogic(KZPBA)>-----SCSI-Cable-----<Clone of Sun D1000
> --------------------- ------------------
>
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