On Mon, May 31, 2004 at 12:45:04AM -0700, John Gilmore wrote: > Package: debian-installer > Version: sarge 20040523 CD
This is rather old. A lot of packages have been moved into testing since then. > I booted the install CD in expert mode, and was able to progress > through the installation until picking a kernel. I picked the > kernel-image-2.6.6-powerpc (I also tried 2.4.25-powerpc-small-pmac and > got the same result). It failed to install, producing these error > messages: > > You are attempting to install an initrd kernel image (version 2.6.6-powerpc) > This will not work unless you have configured your boot loader to use > initrd. (An initrd image is a kernel image that expects to use an INITial > Ram Disk to mount a minimal root file system into RAM and use that for > booting). This indicates an old version of rootskel. Please try a current image. > I don't know whether the yaboot configuration stuff (which comes later > in debian-installer) know how to handle an initrd 2.6 (or 2.4) kernel. It does. > There was no documentation in the manuals about whether or when it is > appropriate to use 2.6 kernels in debian-installer... The documentation needs a *big* round of updates, I'm afraid. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]