I am not currently subscribed to this mailing list. I have a 1997 alpha PC164 with IDE drive, cdrom, floppy, NE2000 ethernet card. The SRM command "show dev" lists bootable devices: only the floppy and the IDE device connected to the outer IDE header, J14, IDE drive 0/1 connector. Not listed is the device connected to the other IDE header, J13, IDE drive 2/3 connector. The ethernet card is not listed as a bootable device either.
I put the CDROM on the bootable IDE header and the hard drive on the other. I was then easily able to install using Debian Etch 4.0r3 netinst CD. I only installed the standard system, not the desktop, since I only have 128 MB ram, equivalent to 64 MB on a 32 bit machine. aboot was automatically installed. I then reversed the IDE cables so the hard drive was on the bootable header. The SRM command "boot dqa0" worked, loading the kernel, but the boot stalled at the following point: Begin: mounting root file system Begin: running /scripts/local-top ide2: I/O resource 0x3EE-0x3EE not free ide2: ports already in use, skipping probe done Begin: waiting for root file system after four minutes of this: Check root= bootarg cat /proc/cmdline or missing modules, devices: cat /proc/modules ls /dev ALERT! /dev/hdc3 does not exist. Dropping to a shell! .. .. (initramfs) Presumably, when I do "boot dqa0" I could add additional stuff that would get around this. Any suggestions? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]