Adam Di Carlo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Falk Hueffner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Package: boot-floppies > > Version: N/A; reported 2001-11-25 > > Severity: normal > > > > Installing via tftpboot.img will stall at installation of libc6.1, as > > has been reported to debian-alpha several times, > > e.g. http://lists.debian.org/debian-alpha/2001/debian-alpha-200110/msg00010.html. >"rgh" told me on IRC: > > > > <rgh> mellum: re "init q", when I had that problem ia64, it was > > because I forgot to boot with root=/dev/ram > > <rgh> mellum: without that, the kernel wants to do it's initrd magic, > > and runs /linuxrc before starting sbin/init. linuxrc is linked to > > init, so effectively init gets run as pid 12 (or something > 1, > > anyway) > > <rgh> linuxrc is run with a pid > 1, and the kernel expects that to > > return before it starts init as pid 1 > > <rgh> root=/dev/ram makes the kernel realise that the ramdisk si a > > real ramdisk, and not an initrd, so it disables the running of > > linuxrc > > > > So we need to find a way to force this parameter. > > Isn't this the same as #116829 and wasn't it fixed in sysvinit 2.84-1 ?
Hm, yes, seems to be the same problem. I'll try to find a tester, since netboot doesn't work for me. Falk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]