Bug#139043: ARM] Please mention conflict with "noinitrd" boot option

2002-03-23 Thread Rod Stewart
On Fri, 22 Mar 2002, Adam C Powell IV wrote: > >You probably do not want the 'netconfig_eth0 flash' set in the firmware > >with save-all. > > > Really? I haven't had it interfere with my setup with save-all. What > kinds of problems can it cause? Is it just that the network gets > configured

Bug#139043: ARM] Please mention conflict with "noinitrd" boot option

2002-03-22 Thread Adam C Powell IV
Rod Stewart wrote: >On Thu, 21 Mar 2002, Adam C Powell IV wrote: > >>NeTTrom command-> setenv netconfig_eth0 flash >>NeTTrom command-> setenv kerntftpserver 192.168.0.1 >>NeTTrom command-> setenv kerntftpfile tftpboot.img >>NeTTrom command-> save-all >>NeTTrom command-> setenv

Bug#139043: ARM] Please mention conflict with "noinitrd" boot option

2002-03-21 Thread Philip Blundell
On Thu, 2002-03-21 at 13:26, Adam C Powell IV wrote: > command to review your environment settings. Finally, if your > "cmdappend" NeTTrom variable has the "noinitrd" option (which is > necessary to boot 2.4 kernels), Is this actually still necessary with the latest 2.4 kernels? I thought it w

Bug#139043: ARM] Please mention conflict with "noinitrd" boot option

2002-03-21 Thread Philip Blundell
On Thu, 2002-03-21 at 14:42, Rod Stewart wrote: > I thought you built the tulip as a module? Which would make it at least > fun if not impossible to boot off of, wouldn't it? Oh, wait, I was > thinking about also booting with and NFS root. Yes, you are right for the > Debian install it 'should'

Bug#139043: ARM] Please mention conflict with "noinitrd" boot option

2002-03-21 Thread Rod Stewart
On 21 Mar 2002, Philip Blundell wrote: > On Thu, 2002-03-21 at 14:21, Rod Stewart wrote: > > You must use eth0 (10-baseT) ne2k(piece of crap) for the tftpboot. > > Yes, it is possible to boot off eth1, but the Debian kernels do not > > support it, and you have to pass lots of parameters with

Bug#139043: ARM] Please mention conflict with "noinitrd" boot option

2002-03-21 Thread Philip Blundell
On Thu, 2002-03-21 at 14:21, Rod Stewart wrote: > You must use eth0 (10-baseT) ne2k(piece of crap) for the tftpboot. > Yes, it is possible to boot off eth1, but the Debian kernels do not > support it, and you have to pass lots of parameters with cmdappend, it is > ugly. Eh? The kernel shou

Bug#139043: ARM] Please mention conflict with "noinitrd" boot option

2002-03-21 Thread Rod Stewart
On Thu, 21 Mar 2002, Adam C Powell IV wrote: > Let's start with section 5.4, "Booting from TFTP," here's my suggestion: > > Booting from the network requires that you have a network connection > supported by the boot floppies, including either a static network > address or a DHCP server, and als

Bug#139043: ARM] Please mention conflict with "noinitrd" boot option

2002-03-21 Thread Adam C Powell IV
Chris Tillman wrote: >On Tue, Mar 19, 2002 at 07:06:14AM -0500, Adam C Powell IV wrote: > >>Package: boot-floppies >>Version: 3.0.10-2002-03-14 >> >>Greetings, >> >>Users of current netwinder 2.4 kernels must boot with option "noinitrd" >>in the cmdappend NeTTRom firmware variable. Unfortunatel

Bug#139043: ARM] Please mention conflict with "noinitrd" boot option

2002-03-20 Thread Chris Tillman
On Tue, Mar 19, 2002 at 07:06:14AM -0500, Adam C Powell IV wrote: > Package: boot-floppies > Version: 3.0.10-2002-03-14 > > Greetings, > > Users of current netwinder 2.4 kernels must boot with option "noinitrd" > in the cmdappend NeTTRom firmware variable. Unfortunately, this > disables the l

Bug#139043: [ARM] Please mention conflict with "noinitrd" boot option

2002-03-19 Thread Adam C Powell IV
Package: boot-floppies Version: 3.0.10-2002-03-14 Greetings, Users of current netwinder 2.4 kernels must boot with option "noinitrd" in the cmdappend NeTTRom firmware variable. Unfortunately, this disables the loading of the initrd when netbooting from the rescue image. Please mention the n