Re: VFS kernel panic when booting debian-installer from hard disk

2004-03-21 Thread David Hugh-Jones
You're right. I could have worked this out from the HOWTO: it mentions these options for GRUB. But I looked at the installation manual, and it mentioned these options for GRUB but not LILO. So I assumed LILO didn't need them. Actually, I did OK with just the devfs option; although I ran into more

Re: VFS kernel panic when booting debian-installer from hard disk

2004-03-20 Thread Joey Hess
David Hugh-Jones wrote: > I'm trying to install debian using debian-installer. I'm booting from the hard > disk, using the method recommended by the Installation HOWTO, section 2.5 > > The relevant lilo.conf entry: > > image = /vmlinuz > label = newinstall > initrd = /initrd.gz > > And in

VFS kernel panic when booting debian-installer from hard disk

2004-03-19 Thread David Hugh-Jones
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello and help! I'm trying to install debian using debian-installer. I'm booting from the hard disk, using the method recommended by the Installation HOWTO, section 2.5 The relevant lilo.conf entry: image = /vmlinuz label = newinstall initr