Re: Problem installing RH Linux 6.0 on AS255

[Rich Payne <rdp talisman alphalinux org>]

Try creating the ramdisk floppy and using that instead of the CD.
Change the boot line to:
boot sr0:/kernels/generic.gz root=/dev/fd0 load_ramdisk=1

This should allow you to install.

--rdp

On Wed, 5 Jan 2000, Pat Durham wrote:

> Greetings,
> 
> I'm having some trouble installing RH Linux 6.0 on a DEC Alpha Station 255
> and I need some insights.
> 
> Background:  
> 
> 1.  I've updated the Alpha bios to version 5.68.
> 2.  I've modified the OS Selection Setup in the bios to use linload.exe as
> the boot file and the floppy drive as the boot location.
> 3.  I've created an MSDOS Milo boot disk with linload.exe and the Avanti
> Milo image.
> 
> My plan was to load the generic.gz kernel image from the Linux CD after I
> boot into Milo.
> 
> Currently the boot disk allows me to successfully boot into Milo.  At the
> Milo prompt I issue the following commands:
> show (to initialize the CDROM device)
> boot sr0:kernels/generic.gz root=/dev/scd0
> 
> This results in the following errors:
> sr_photocd: ioctl error (SONY/PIONEER): 0x1
> sr_photocd: ioctl error (SONY/PIONEER): 0x1
> sr_photocd: ioctl error (SONY/PIONEER): 0x1
> sr_photocd: ioctl error (SONY/PIONEER): 0x1
> 
> followed by various boot messages about finding the hard drives, mouse,
> video etc.
> and then the boot process halts on:
> Warning:  unable to open an initial console
> 
> Any ideas would be most welcome!
> 
> Regards,
> Pat
> 
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Rich Payne
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