I am trying to install Debian on my AlphaServer 800 and I cannot get past the kernel load. I am sure I am doing something wrong, can someone help?
When booting from CD (dka400), I have tried using the -flags 0 but I get some kind of paging error. Sometimes I get an aboot menu which gives me some options for booting. choice 'l' lists "preconfigured kernels" that are selected from my aboot.conf file, and I have been choosing '0' which is as follows... 0:boot/linux root=/dev/ram initrd=boot/root.bin So here are my questions: 1 - Can I assume that "boot/linux" is correct since my CD has a directory called "boot" and it contains a file called "linux"? Why does my documentation on aboot show "0:3/vmlinux.gz root=/dev/sda3"? 2 - How do I know the "root" setting is correct? Should this point to the CD or to a harddrive? 3 - I assume "initrd" is some kind of initialization flag, but what does it do and how do I know that boot/root.bin is the right setting? 4 - I have 256m of memory, and have used the "mem=256m", but I still get the kernel paging error. Is this parameter a good idea? 5 - Some of my documentation shows "load_ramdisk=1", which I have also tried, but doesn't appear to make a difference. What is it's purpose, and should I use it? Getting started with Linux has been extremely frustrating, I don't know how you all deal with it. If I cannot get this installed I will probably have to go back to M$.
