Re: rh6 fresh install boot failure - fixed

[Jeff DeMaagd <jdemaa17 calvin edu>]

On Fri, 11 Jun 1999, Wes Bauske wrote:
> Jeff DeMaagd wrote:
> > 
> > I am having a head-to-wall banging experience with trying to boot Redhat 6
> > after a completed install.  I have found that the vmlinux.gz file was
> > moved, I guess to the boot directory, but I can't figure out how to get
> > MILO to read files within a directory.  I've managed to start the kernel
> > from floppy, but then I get a:
> > 
> > kernel panic: no init found, use init=..
> > 
> > type error message.  I have successfully installed all RH5.x and
> > 4.2 without this kind of message.  I've never had to use init= before.
> > Here is my boot line:
> > 
> > boot fd0:vmlinux.gz root=/dev/sda2
> > 
> 
> How about:
> 
> boot sda2:/boot/vmlinux.gz root=/dev/sda2
> 
> That panic looks worrisome. Possibly your install
> did not complete successfully. Might try init=/bin/bash
> and see if it will come up.

I have solved my problem.  My RH6.0 is up and running, awaiting my tuning.

Two parts:
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1) I was using the kernel image from the installation.  Bad.  I have no
clue why.

2) While installing, I had my two Millenniums installed.  Any driver not
set up to recognize multiple instances of a video card like likely fails.
such as any XFree before 4.0.  RH install tries to set up the card within
the install, and sometimes I make the wrong choices on probe or not to
probe.  I probed.

My first install somehow rebooted before I saw the 'complete' message.

My boot line:

MILO> boot sdc2:/boot/vmlinux-2.2.5-16.gz root=/dev/sdc2

The only reason it shows up as sdc2 is the SCSI bus holding two removable
drives is given a lower letter than the boot chain.

Disturbing:
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If you don't set up the network, you don't have a say in naming the
system.  I know it is in a file in /etc/ but a beginner would not.

The Milo howto doesn't show how to access files within directories.  I
eventually figured it out with Wes's comment.

The Alpha howto seems to only include info about EV4, EV45 and LCA
systems.

I am trying to untar an archive I set up before wiping my 5.1 install.
tar is about as slow as tar, mixed with molasses, with a gravel aggregate,
sliding down a one degree incline. I still haven't figured out why.

Jeff DeMaagd