yep I didnt give it a initrd,didnt know about that.I gave bootx the initd from the debian netinstall cd and in the kernel arguments I put root=/dev/sd3 but I still get the same problem.Is there a certain initd I should be using? Thanks for the help, Derek
On 12/2/05, Hans Ekbrand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Dec 02, 2005 at 05:03:10PM -0800, Derek wrote: > > Hello,is it just me or does the kernel that comes with sarge not work > > on old world macs?The kernel works for the install,but it wont > > recognize my root partition.The 2.4 kernel works fine.Anyone else > > having this problem? > > No. The problem you describe would be the result of booting the 2.6 > kernel without the initrd. AFAIK the 2.4 kernel works without initrd. > > Make certain that the 2.6 is given its initrd. > > -- > Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Q. What is that strange attachment in this mail? > A. My digital signature, see www.gnupg.org for info on how you could > use it to ensure that this mail is from me and has not been > altered on the way to you. > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFDkT+4fCyHKnBQYU4RAuHRAJ0Wwxx8vaWn+/j/N3QCgnCKKyLC8ACfQfXa > L/JAXczXo/Fz4m7bdCyaR+Y= > =qeGR > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > >
