Stefan, I was able to get the installation started by booting the kernel from the installation cd and the root file system from a floppy disk. However, the root file system still does not seem to work and I was not able to find it listed as a bug. In any case, thanks for the help.
Mike On Tue, 21 Nov 2000, scr wrote: > Michael Kane schrieb: > > > > Hello, > > > > I'm having trouble installing version 2.2rev0a of debian using cds. I'm > > able to get milo to start up without a problem. When I pass > > boot hdd:/boot/linux root=/dev/hdd/boot/root.bin load_ramdisk=1 to milo > > the boot process beings without a problem, but the I get the messages: > > Did you try to go the "normal" way for ARC/AlphaBIOS systems, > that is to install using two boot floppies and to boot into the > installation process using > > boot fd0:/linux.gz root=/dev/fd0 load_ramdisk=1 > > as milo command? > > A few days ago I tried to boot from a potato CD on a ARC based > system (PC164) and I was not successfull. I found another way > to avoid the need for boot floppies, which I described in > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-alpha-0011/msg00109.html > > So booting from floppies or from HD should work, but I'm not > aware why booting directly from CD does not work using > ARC/AlphaBIOS and milo. > > Good luck, > Stefan Schroepfer > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
