On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 16:30:13 -0500, Andrew <virgule88@> wrote: > > On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 11:22:03 -0800, Daniel Gimpelevich > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 10:31:58 -0500: > > > > > > > *** I (Eric) found that the RAM disk option was redundant for my > > > > OldWorld machine-- it caused my kernel to panic so I disabled it in > > > > BootX (make sure you click save to make the change permanent in case > > > > you enabled it). I suspect that you use the RAM disk option when > > > > you're installing/upgrading YDL 4.0 from CD, not when running the > > > > machine (my mistake)? > > > > > > When I said the option must now be ON, I was referring only to running the > > > machine, not installation. If it causes a kernel panic, you need to supply > > > a root= kernel arg. > > > > Anyway, "root=" seems to crash the system when I use a RAM disk. For > > that matter, I *cannot* get the 2.6.9 .img setting to boot with BootX > > 1.2.2 (should I be using a different version of BootX?). I've also > > tried passing: > > rghb quiet init= > > init= > > init=rghb quiet > > =init > > > > I do end up getting slightly different screen outputs depending on the > > sequence used but all of them end with the complaint of kernel panic, > > and pass init= to the kernel at boot. > > > > Only when I do _NOT_ use the .img/RAM disk will the computer boot > > reporting INIT: 2.85. I'm going to give init=2.85 a try. > > > > Why do you say the RAM disk MUST be used? > > > > PS I'm trying to do this on a Rev A Beige G3/266. > > Do you mean it crash when you use the initrd.<version>.img file found in > /boot > or the ramdisk.image.gz from the CD?
This is the RAM disk file name: initrd-2.6.9-1.ydl.8.img This is the kernel that works for me when selected from the kernel pop-up list (found in the "Linux Kernels" folder in the System Folder on the OS 9 disk): vmlinux-2.6.9-1.ydl.8 Both came from the /boot directory after doing yum upgrade and waiting a long time ;-) So, is my machine an anomaly or is that why I've got dependency hell where I can't install mozilla (for e.g.) because python 2.2 cannot be found (and python 2.3 is already installed). Eric. _______________________________________________ yellowdog-general mailing list [email protected] http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:terrasoftsolutions.com'
