On Mon, Aug 26, 2002 at 06:16:25PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > In short: the line "boot: linux aha152x=0x340,11,7" does not > show the desired result from boot floppies. (woody/stable) > > The long story: > I acquired an old portable machine in the usual way and would > like to make it work. I slapped in an old HD of mine, that > happened to carry a working installation of woody. > Using the mentioned parameter, I can boot from the harddisk. > > However, I'd like to repartition and think that the easiest way > would be to start over. But when loading the very same kernel > from boot floppies, the "aha152x=etc" doesn't seem to work; at any rate the >hostadapter isn't found, the > text scrolls past too > fast for me to tell more. > > Noone's life depends on this; it's a mere hobbyhorse. but if > someone could give me a hint what I'm doing wrong...
I'm not familiar with the parameter, but as far as seeing the messages, just execute a shell or switch to console 2 and dmesg | more. -- *------v--------- Installing Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 --------v------* | <http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/installmanual> | | debian-imac: <http://debian-imac.sourceforge.net> | | Chris Tillman [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | To Have, Give All to All (ACIM) | *----------------------------------------------------------------* -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
