hi ya rudy
if you "use" a precompiled kernel... you have to tell
it where / is on the new machine... otherwise you do get
those "kernel panics" and "no init found"
- i always make a kernel on the target... and copy it around
but if you copy that kernel to flippy...
that floppy should boot your system w/ the correct distro/kernel
dd if=/..kernel.. of=/dev/fd0
rdev /dev/fd0 /dev/hda1
or /dev/hdc1 if you want it to boot into /dev/hdc
if the floppy tests works..
than (if it can be done), you'd need to rdev your kernel
rdev /boot/kernel /dev/hdc1 ( donno if this works )
where /boot is the one on /dev/hda1
- recompiling a new kernel on hdc1 and copying to hda1 works
to lilo it and boot it and get into hdc1
have fun
alvin
On Fri, 22 Feb 2002, Rudy Gevaert wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Due to some workload I've only had the time to look at this now.
>
> On Thu, Feb 21, 2002 at 05:12:12AM -0800, Alvin Oga wrote:
> >
> > hi ya
> >
> > if it hands on "ramdisk"... remove that initrd line...
> > and/or make sure the file exists as typed
>
> Wel, I removed the initrd line from lilo.conf, and redhat boots fine,
> but when I try to boot Sid I get a kernel panic, "no init found... try
> passing init= ...etc".
>
> This is my lilo.conf:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] /root]# cat /etc/lilo.conf
> boot=/dev/hda
> map=/boot/map
> install=/boot/boot.b
> prompt
> timeout=50
> linear
> default=nieuwekernel
>
> image=/boot/2.4.17
> label=nieuwekernel
> read-only
>
> image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.19
> label=DebianSid
> read-only
> root=/dev/hdc1
>
> other=/dev/hda1
> label=dos
>
> > initrd is not needed if your kernel has all the hardware
> > drivers needed to boot...
>
> So this explains why I get that error? Because it is still the standard
> kernel from Sid?
>
> <for to install make, and want to install it>
>
> > if you're referring to redhats "simple install"..
> > - just boot the cdrom and tell it upgrade
> > and it will go thru what you got ant ask you
> > what else you want
>
> No, I'm referring to Debians install, when you can choosse: Simple or
> advanced install. ;) How do I get that screen back? Or, what packages
> do I have to install to get make etc? (I guess gcc ...?)
>
> > rh is such a pita aint it???
>
> Yes! But let me explain, when I got my new pc and started university I
> wanted GNU/Linux... and redhat was the only one I knew. After a couple
> of months I got to know Debian (they used it in my studentgroup (don't
> know the right translation...), and I wiped windows out at home and
> installed debian. On my new pc I had suffered 4 months to configure my
> dualhead that I didn't dare to install debian yet.. but now I bought a
> new hd; so the time has come to switch to debian :).
>
> Thanks for the help up till now, I hope you can help me with the rest :)
>
> Cheers,
> --
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> the other is busy making mistakes and becoming superior"
> -- Henry C. Link
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