On Tue, 10 Jun 2003, Ben Donovan wrote: > I switched to VT3 and herešs what I got using the mac53c94 module (mesh > produced the same errors, only with"mesh" instead of "mac53c94"): > > Warning, insmod failed (ide-cd (null)) (1) > Have to insmod sr_mod > Needs cd-rom > /tmp/cdrom.o: Read-only file system > Needs sr_mod > /tmp/sr_mod.o: Read-only file system > Warning, insmod failed (sr_mod (null)) (1) > Looking for IDE media > IDE/1: had is a ST52520A > Looking for SCSI media > Looking for Compaq smart array media > Looking for DAC960 > Unsetting automatic > Have to insmod mac53c94 > Needs mac53c94 > /tmp/mac53c94.o: Read-only file system > Warning, insmod failed (mac53c94) (1) > Unsetting automatic >
Bingo! Read-only file system > > Settings in bootX as follows: > > Kernel = vmlinux (or vmlinux-benh) > Ramdisk = all.gz (or all-benh.gz) > Kernel arguments = ramdisk_size=40000 > > > Are there any specific options I should turn on/off in the bootX options > screen? I'm not sure what else to try. > add "root=/dev/ram3" to your kernel arguments This is only for the install. To boot the system use root=/dev/sdXX, where XX=a6, etc. (your linux /). -- Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft
