Re: RedHat 6.1 on a DS10

["Alan Keane" <akeane quadrics com>]

Hi,

Try the following boot_osflags:

set boot_osflags "console=ttyS0,9600 serial root=/dev/fd0 prompt_ramdisk=1
load_ramdisk=1"
I used this to install a DS20 via a serial connection.
Also make sure the kernel you are booting has serial console support.

Hope this helps!
Regards
Alan Keane
akeane@quadrics.com



----- Original Message -----
From: Todd Henderson <Todd_Henderson@readwo.com>
To: <axp-list@redhat.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2000 4:50 PM
Subject: RedHat 6.1 on a DS10


> I've got a DS10 I'm trying to install 6.1 on.  I am planning on doing an
> ftp install.
> This is what I've done so far:
>
> 1.) downloaded iso image and mounted it on an intel Redhat box
>
> 2.) made two disk using:
> dd if=generic.img of=/dev/fd0 bs=1440k
> dd if=ramdisk.img of=/dev/fd0 bs=1440k
> from the iso image
>
> 3.) set boot params:
> set bootdef_dev dva0
> set boot_osflags "root=/dev/fd0 prompt_ramdisk=1 load_ramdisk=1"
> set boot_file vmlinux.gz
>
> 4.) booted the box
>
> The box goes through the loading of vmlinux.gz and then says it is booting
> it, but never gets past that.
>
> Is there something obvious I'm missing?  The box doesn't have a video card
> and I'm using the seriel console.  I've downloaded and looked at the guide
> Compaq made, but it doesn't say much about booting from floppys.
>
> Thanks,
> Todd
>
>
>
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