On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 04:37:10PM -0500, Stephen R Marenka wrote: > On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 01:35:42PM +0100, Christian T. Steigies wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 09:19:28PM +0100, Christian T. Steigies wrote: > > > Hi, > > > I have tried to setup debian on my Amiga again with CD image from Nov 24 > > > 2008 and the Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 "0" - Unofficial m68k NETINST Binary-1 > > > from 20080401-05:07. With both of them it is not possible to install > > > debian > > > without performing some changes on the CD. > > [...] > > > The lenny kernel (2.6.24) does not seem to have a driver for my > > > Blizzard2060 > > > SCSI card, 2.6.26 also does not recognize my SCSI card. > > > isofs is not built in, so that the installer can not access the > > > installation > > > CD. I think that was the point where I also gave up last time. > > [...] > > > > I tried again using 2.6.18-4-amiga instead, but it seems I am using the > > wrong ramdisksize. I started with 9000, now I am at 1000000, but I always > > gget messages like these, with "want" = 4 * "limit" + 8 > > > > ram0: rw=0, want=12891144, limit=3222784 > > > > Should I uncompress the initrd as well? Do I have to write the initrd to a > > spare partition? Or is this initrd not compatibable with the kernel version? > > Which exact url are you using and what exact command line? The initrd's > haven't needed a ramdisksize since the switch to initramfs, I believe. > > To uncompress it you need: > zcat initrd | cpio -iv
6280k amiboot -d -k vmlinux-2.6.18-amiga -r initrd.gz video=amifb:pal-lace root=/dev/ram fb=false ramdisk_size=20000 debian-installer/framebuffer=false Maybe the switch to initramfs is the problem, is this supported by 2.6.18? I think I never activated initramfs, I thought it would not work on m68k. Another try with 2.6.24 and 2.6.26 get past this point, ie the installer starts, I can select the region, but it then fails mounting the CD-Rom. The drive is detected by the kernel, I suspect this is due to a missing isofs driver. I guess I should build a new kernel image... Christian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
