On Thu, Sep 16, 2004 at 12:09:58AM -0500, Hollis Blanchard wrote: > On Sep 8, 2004, at 11:20 PM, Jens Schmalzing wrote: > > > >Hollis Blanchard writes: > > > >>pivot_root: No sKernel panic: Attempted to kill init! > >>uch file or dire ctory > >>/sbin/ini<0>Rebooting in 180 seconds..t: 426: cannot open dev/console: > >>No such file > > > >What kernel command line did you use? Try passing a root option > >there, set to wherever you keep your root file system. This should do > >the trick. > > Unfortunately the machine in question is now my home router, so > difficult to run further tests on. > > I have another slightly-smaller but otherwise identical machine I was > planning on continuing tests on. Unfortunately I have wasted all night, > ultimately decoding the tftp protocol by hand, to discover that this > new machine apparently will not accept a 6MB kernel + initrd via > netboot. > > I will try to test the original machine soon with "root=/dev/hda3".
Ok, this speaks loudly for a smaller image than the main netboot one (maybe called netboot-minimal ?), which would have the following network adapters only : oldworld used ones. via-rhine (for pegasos 1) pcnet32 some smaller common ones maybe ? And be available only in english. This should bring the size down to a reasonable level, which should work on oldworld and prep boxes, not sure if it will be ok for pegasos 1 too. Does this seem reasonable ? I will checkin an not automatically enabled one later today and build it for you for testing. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
