Re: kernel boot args (was Re: laoding drivers (floppy-boot))

2001-06-20 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Ethan Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > so you finally got it booting via quik? what configuration did that > require? nope, not yet :) I am still booting with a miboot floppy hacked with resedit. -- .Adam Di [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.onshored.com/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: kernel boot args (was Re: laoding drivers (floppy-boot))

2001-06-20 Thread Ethan Benson
On Wed, Jun 20, 2001 at 02:34:03PM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > > Gross or not, my powerbook G3 is effectively unbootable with the > vmode=atyfb... bootargs. So it kinda *has* to be done, IMHO. so you finally got it booting via quik? what configuration did that require? -- Ethan Benson ht

kernel boot args (was Re: laoding drivers (floppy-boot))

2001-06-20 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Ethan Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, Jun 13, 2001 at 10:16:07PM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > > > > Well, quik has certain boot args. I would assume yaboot would too. > > yes.. > > > Just has to be handled on a boot-loader by boot-loader basis, I guess. > > > > The option shoul

Re: laoding drivers (floppy-boot)

2001-06-14 Thread Ethan Benson
On Wed, Jun 13, 2001 at 10:16:07PM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > > Well, quik has certain boot args. I would assume yaboot would too. yes.. > Just has to be handled on a boot-loader by boot-loader basis, I guess. > > The option shouldn't appear if it doesn't work at all on the > boot-loaders

Re: laoding drivers (floppy-boot)

2001-06-13 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Ethan Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, Jun 13, 2001 at 02:44:29PM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > > > 'Edit Kernel Boot ...' will still come up as alternate to 'Configure the > > > Hostname' and 'Configure the Network' sometimes. > > > > "Edit Kernel Boot..." should be an alternative t

Re: laoding drivers (floppy-boot)

2001-06-13 Thread Ethan Benson
On Wed, Jun 13, 2001 at 02:44:29PM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > > 'Edit Kernel Boot ...' will still come up as alternate to 'Configure the > > Hostname' and 'Configure the Network' sometimes. > > "Edit Kernel Boot..." should be an alternative tot he "Make system > bootable", IMHO. hrm, how will

Re: laoding drivers (floppy-boot)

2001-06-13 Thread Adam Di Carlo
David Whedon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > This is very confusing... We shoudl remove this question entirely and > > replace it with an alternative selection the user could run *before* > > running "configure drivers", just like "configure pcmcia" is an > > alternative there > > > > can d

Re: laoding drivers (floppy-boot)

2001-06-12 Thread David Whedon
> This is very confusing... We shoudl remove this question entirely and > replace it with an alternative selection the user could run *before* > running "configure drivers", just like "configure pcmcia" is an > alternative there > can do, looks like we'll have 3 alternates on some archs Next

Re: laoding drivers (floppy-boot)

2001-06-12 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Michael Bramer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, Jun 11, 2001 at 03:40:22PM +0200, Juerg Oehler wrote: > > with these floppies i booted and loaded the rescue successfully into > > RAM. when i got to the menu for loading additional drivers the system >

Re: laoding drivers (floppy-boot)

2001-06-11 Thread Michael Bramer
On Mon, Jun 11, 2001 at 03:40:22PM +0200, Juerg Oehler wrote: > with these floppies i booted and loaded the rescue successfully into > RAM. when i got to the menu for loading additional drivers the system ^^ This are for _additional_ driver. You ca

Re: laoding drivers (floppy-boot)

2001-06-11 Thread Eric Van Buggenhaut
On Mon, Jun 11, 2001 at 03:40:22PM +0200, Juerg Oehler wrote: > hi, > > i was having a look at debian distribution after working with suse and > hat. first i loaded the installation guide down and studyed the hole thing. ^^

laoding drivers (floppy-boot)

2001-06-11 Thread Juerg Oehler
hi, i was having a look at debian distribution after working with suse and hat. first i loaded the installation guide down and studyed the hole thing. there is pretty information to find. then i loaded all the floppy images from stable/main/distr-i386/current/images-1.44. after that i put the im