Thanks Greg, I'll give that a try. What I've tried so far is to forget about fd0 (guess I was calling it the wrong thing???). And tried this 'boot hdc:boot/linux root=/dev/hdc/boot/root.bin -t iso9660' Once again I got further than I had before but now I get this error: Kernal Panic no init found: Try passing init = option to kernal
So just as soon as I find out a) which init option I need to pass to the kernal and b) what the syntax to doing that is in MILO (or whatever I end up using trying to install srm now - thanks Falk). I may be sending another letter to the list. <g> Thanks all, Carl P. On Fri, 2002-03-01 at 15:08, Greg Eldridge wrote: > Carl.. > > My pc164 wouldn't run MILO - or at least I couldn't get it to. > SRM also wouldn't support my scsi disks > > I boot from the floppy, works like a charm. > > SRM>> boot dva0 > > Greg. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: MIME :[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 1:50 PM > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Intro / help (update) > > > Okay so more reading and I dd the root.bin file (from the boot dir) onto > a disk. then tried this from MILO > 'boot hdc:boot/linux root=/dev/fd0 -t iso9660' and now I get this error: > You didn't specify the type of your ufs filesystem. I know neither how to > specify the ufs or which ufs I should be using (I > don't see Linux as an option). Thanks again, Carl P On Fri, 2002-03-01 at > 10:19, Carl Parrish wrote: > > > Hi my name is Carl Parrish. I'm not really new to Linux but I guess you > > could say I'm new to Debian and *really* new to Alpha. I typically would > > lurk for a few days before posting a "please help me" message. but I'm > > pretty stuck and need help fast. > > I've just recently got a AlphaPC > > 164SX. It looks like I have access to > > ARBIOS and MILO but not srm. I have the Alpha-Debian disk1 image burned > > on a CD-ROM (did the md5sum). put the CD-ROM in restarted the > > computer......Nothing. So I did a little background reading (RTFM). Came > > up with lots of info for srm but since I can't seem to find srm didn't > > help me much. So I went into Milo after much trial and erro tried the > > following command. 'boot hdc:boot/linux -t iso9660' and suddenly it > > actually seemed to try to boot from the CD-ROM (or at least the closest > > I've come so far.) But then it stops and I get the following error > > > Kernal Panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 00:00 > > > So any ideas what I'm doing wrong? > > > Thanks, > Carl P. > > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ************************************************************************ > * Tracking #: 411E69EF4E2DD611B2F600500470DF493C4BC0F5 > * > ************************************************************************ > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
