On Wed, Oct 29, 2003 at 10:22:58AM +0100, Gaudenz Steinlin wrote: > > BTW, the -powerpc kernel fails to boot on my pegasos system, but this is > > probably due to devfs. Do you all run devfs with its cryptic device > > paths, or is there some other trick to it ? The kernel stops after > > having mounted the root partition, first it takes some time to do the > > clock stuff, and finally times out, and then halts. I suppose this is > > due because it doesn't find my non-devfs fstab or something such. > Did you set CONFIG_DEVFS_MOUNT in your kernel config? You don't need > that for debian-installer. > Normal installations should not run devfs at all (it will not be the > default for sarge) or use devfsd which takes care of compatibility > symlinks and permissions.
No, it was not set. BTW, are you sure it is not needed ? Peter said to me it is needed some time back, i think, and this maybe why the builtin initrd refuse to boot ? Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
