Subject: RS/6000 SCSI Boot Problem #2
From: Alberto Varesio (Alberto.Varesio@Pmail.net)
Date: Tue Sep 21 1999 - 07:33:53 MDT
Hallo,
problem #2
I'm trying to install Linux on a 43P 100.
At the moment it is running LinuxPPC R4 with kernel 2.1.125 .
Now I'm trying to install something newer, I looked at LinuxPPC R5/1999, YDL
CS1.1 and Debian, but I can't get a working kernel. All 2.2.x I have found do
not handle SCSI adapter well.
Digging ftp://devel.linuxppc.org/users/bbresen and then inside BootPrompt-HOWTO
I've found that one can set up a two or even more boot disk sequence.
I was trying to skip problem #1 booting from an old working kernel and feeding
it with a new installer image:
Disk 1 = zImage.2.1.125
Disk 2/3 bbresen's PReP-ramdisk.image.gz
I boot from Disk1, at the Linux prompt I put root=/dev/fd0 load_ramdisk=1
everything goes on well, but when it prompts
VFS ... insert disk and press ENTER
it doesn't get the enter key, nor it gets any other key, just scroll up/down and
Ctrl-Alt-Del.
What am I doing wrong ? Any help appreciated.
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