So, when trying to "boot from tape" on hercules, I get the following messages:
RAMDISK: Couldn't find valid RAM disk image starting at 0. Freeing initrd memory: 1k freed RAMDISK: Couldn't find valid RAM disk image starting at 0. Freeing initrd memory: 1k freed cramfs: wrong magic Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 01:00 I can't get any farther than that, and am unsure what's going wrong. I'm following the directions from this article: http://sinenomine.net/weblink/goto/336 I downloaded the tape files from: http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/woody/main/disks-s390/current/tape/ I've got a "tapes" subdir with the kernel.debian, initrd.debian, and parmline.debian (reblocked to be 1024 bytes), along with the lintape.tdf file in it, and the "current dir" has a hercules.conf, linux.120 and linux.121 image files in it. my hercules.conf looks like: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- CPUSERIAL 000069 # CPU serial number CPUMODEL 9672 # CPU model number MAINSIZE 64 # Main storage size in megabytes XPNDSIZE 0 # Expanded storage size in megabytes CNSLPORT 3270 # TCP port number to which consoles connect NUMCPU 1 # Number of CPUs LOADPARM 0120.... # IPL parameter OSTAILOR LINUX # OS tailoring PANRATE FAST # Panel refresh rate 0120 3390 linux.120 0121 3390 linux.121 0400 3088 0401 192.168.3.2 /usr/sbin/vmnet 0401 3088 0400 192.168.3.2 /usr/sbin/vmnet 0581 3480 ./tapes/lintap.tdf ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Any ideas? Thanks, Pat -- Purdue University ITAP/RCS --- http://www.itap.purdue.edu/rcs/ The Computer Refuge --- http://computer-refuge.org
