Re: Kernel Panic: no init found

2000-08-14 Thread Aaron Davies
Aaron Davies wrote: > > Adam C Powell IV wrote: > > > > Aaron Davies wrote: > > > > > Adam C Powell IV wrote: > > > > > > > > When you boot, does the "Partition check" for that drive list your > > > > partitio

Re: Kernel Panic: no init found

2000-08-10 Thread Aaron Davies
Adam C Powell IV wrote: > > Aaron Davies wrote: > > > Adam C Powell IV wrote: > > > > > > When you boot, does the "Partition check" for that drive list your > > > partition? > > > Later, does it say something like "Mounting root

Kernel Panic: no init found

2000-08-07 Thread Aaron Davies
I've completed the basic installation from the rescue floppy ramdisk, but when I turn the ramdisk off and tell BootX to boot with /dev/sda5 (my Linux native partition) as root, I get the following error message: Kernel panic: no init found. Try passing init= option to kernel. Rebooting in 180 sec

"Kernel Panic: No init found" After Install

2000-08-03 Thread Aaron Davies
I've finished the basic install off the ramdisk, so I rebooted, turned off the ramdisk in the BootX dialog, and hit linux. Then I got "Kernerl Panic: no init found. Try passing init= to the kernel". What option do I need to use here? -- ____ / )

Re: Another Poor Documentation Rant

2000-08-03 Thread Aaron Davies
Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: > > OK, let's try this again. > > !!!RANTS DO NO GOOD!!! > > Patches are fine. Suggestions are welcome, although it's more than a > little bit late for them. Rants do no one any good, and get > short-tempered replies like this one is shaping up to be. The problem is t

Another Poor Documentation Rant

2000-08-02 Thread Aaron Davies
I've gotten over hurdle mentioned in my last (almost ingnored) help request by copying the install data files to a ZIP disk. This, incidentally, is the kind of thing that needs to be on the powermac install page in big red text with a lot of tags: RESCUE DISK CANNOT READ HFS+! Also, is anyone p

Re: YAIE: Debian on a PowerTower Pro

2000-08-02 Thread Aaron Davies
"C.M. Connelly" wrote: > Once you've chosen a partition to create (using the last > number listed, which is likely to be 4 on a Mac disk), pdisk > wants you to enter the starting block number, followed by > the number of blocks in the partition. An inexperienced > pe

Install Probs--Can't Find Install Files From Installer

2000-08-02 Thread Aaron Davies
I've d/l'd base2_2.tgz and placed it in Macintosh HD:debian:dists:potato:main:disks-powerpc:current:, and I've d/l'd driver-1.bin, rescue.bin, and root.bin and placed them in Macintosh HD:debian:dists:potato:main:disks-powerpc:current:powermac:images-1.44:; Macintosh HD is dev/hda5. I'm install

Partitioning--Advice?

2000-08-01 Thread Aaron Davies
I'm going to be installing Debian on a 1GB internal SCSI drive, and I'd like some advice on partitioning. I have a version of drive setup that can make A/UX partitions, or I can boot into the setup from BootX and use the partitioner there. I know I need a swap partition (~64MB, right, since I ha

Install Files Missing

2000-07-25 Thread Aaron Davies
Most of the install files for Debian PowerPC (PowerMac) listed on http://www.debian.org/ports/powerpc/inst/pmac are 404. These are: http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/potato/main/disks-powerpc/current/powermac/resc1440.bin http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/potato/main/disks-powerpc/current/powerm