On Sun, Nov 22, 1998 at 01:02:11PM -0500, kolbo wrote: > 5.next...quik -r /debian (*got warning, bootable partition before /dev/sda6) > > 6.i rebooted the system into macos, and tried using bootvars to boot...i set > my > boot dev to scsi-int/sda6...needless to say, it didn't boot (*note that i'm no > openfirware wiz).
Try scsi-int/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:0. I'm not sure how much luck you'll have with two bootable partitions on one drive - it was causing me some problems... > 7.so, i proceeded to get the recommended RAMDISK. then i tried using BootX. > linux started to boot, but i got a kernel panic: > (Everything looks normal to here...) > Partition check: > sda: sda1 sda2 sda4 sda4 sda5 sda6 sda7 > sda:scsidisk I/O error dev08:10, sector0 unable to read partition > table > RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block0 > VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) > VFS: Cannot open root device 00:06 > Kernel Panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 00:06 > Rebooting in 180 seconds... I'm confused. It mounted root and then complained that it couldn't mount root? I've never tried to use BootX with a ramdisk, though. Try this: delete /debian/sbin/unconfigured.sh if you haven't already, and then use BootX to boot with root=/dev/sda6. You'll run into a few little problems, possibly, because the system hasn't been configured yet; but then again, the installer doesn't work so hot, anyway... Dan
