XPost: linux.debian.maint.boot
From: [email protected]

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I'm using DHCP server to issue an Alpha LX164 machine with a netboot boot.img file. The latest version (2004-08-09, MD5: 4591236ca7d3eb6daba4b0f133f947a6) (and recent, previous versions) do not boot correctly as they failing to
mount the initrd image and so cause the kernel to panic.

The work-around is to issue a suitable kernel command-line at SRM prompt:

boot ewa0 -fl "root=/dev/rd/0 devfs=mount,dall rw ramdisk_size=16384 init=/linuxrc"

but this is somewhat unwieldy.

Can correct parameters be compiled into the alpha-install kernel, embedded within the boot.img image?

Cheers,

Paul.
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XPost: linux.debian.maint.boot
From: [email protected]

On Mon, Aug 16, 2004 at 04:25:01PM +0100, Paul Millar wrote:

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Package: debian-installer

(is this the right package?)

I'm using DHCP server to issue an Alpha LX164 machine with a netboot boot.img
file. The latest version (2004-08-09, MD5: 4591236ca7d3eb6daba4b0f133f947a6)
(and recent, previous versions) do not boot correctly as they failing to mount the initrd image and so cause the kernel to panic.

The work-around is to issue a suitable kernel command-line at SRM prompt:

boot ewa0 -fl "root=/dev/rd/0 devfs=mount,dall rw ramdisk_size=16384 init=/linuxrc"

but this is somewhat unwieldy.

Can correct parameters be compiled into the alpha-install kernel, embedded within the boot.img image?

The correct parameters *are* embedded in the netboot image. Please
check your boot_osflags setting; it is likely that you have a value set
that is overriding the settings in the image.

boot ewa0 -fl "" always works for me.

--
Steve Langasek
postmodern programmer

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