On Wed, Oct 29, 2003 at 02:35:25PM +0100, Gaudenz Steinlin wrote: > Am Mit, den 29.10.2003 schrieb Sven Luther um 13:57: > > 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 ? > > Quite sure (Petter please comment if I'm wrong). The typical symptom if > devfs is not mounted is "Unable to open initial console" not unable to > mount the initrd. You probaly have to pass devfs=mount to your kernel if > you boot the installer, although there is also code to mount it in > /sbin/init.
I don't follow you here. First you say that CONFIG_DEVFS_MOUNT is not needed, and now you tell me that it is needed. But this would explain it, as when i boot from the initrd copied to a normal partition, i get the Unable to open initial console message. I will try again with the devfs=mount option. That said, this still don't explains why i cannot boot my normal root with this powerpc kernel. > Some time ago I had to pass root=/dev/rd/0 to start the installer > because of the transistion from /linuxrc to /sbin/init, but I'm not sure > if this is correct. Mmm, will try this also. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
