> -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Wootton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, February 04, 2000 12:24 AM > To: debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org > Subject: CHRP booting and ramdisk setup problem (43P-150) > > > Hello. I am trying to install Debian on a 43-P Model 150. I can get the > kernel to boot but it hangs when it fails to mount the root filesystem. I > have tried both the latest Potato and Woody floppies. I am using > parameters > similar to: > > boot floppy:,\linux load_ramdisk=1 prompt_ramdisk=1 root=/dev/ram video= > keep > > However, it never prompts to insert the ramdisk floppy (i.e. > root.bin), just > halts when it can't mount the root device (01:00). I tried
Hello Michael, when you want to load your ramdisk-image from floppy you need to use root=/dev/fd0 . Have you tried this ? -- Andreas Reeh (technical support) Fax: +49-2234-56088 AID Computers AG Tel: +49-2234-95310-19 Max-Planck-Str. 22 Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] D-50858 Koeln http://www.aid-computers.de/ GERMANY -=- private: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -=-
