At around Thu, 6 Aug 1998 14:01:54 -0500 (CDT), Nathan E Norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> may have mentioned:
> On Thu, 6 Aug 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > : At around Thu, 06 Aug 1998 18:15:20 +0900, > : I may have mentioned: > : > : [discussion about installing debian on a thinkpad 770 ed snipped] > : > : > i just realized that i'd been using a 2.0.35 zimage on a 2.0.34 rescue > : > disk...perhaps this was the cause of the initial console error message. > : > i am recompiling a 2.0.34 zimage now. > : > : i tried this but i got the same error message: > : > : Unable to open an initial console. > : > : :-( > : > : is there anything else i should do to the rescue disk perhaps? > > Stupid question, but did you run all the appropriate rdev commands that > the bootdisk kernel needs? (You can find them in the rdev.sh file on > the rescue disk) not a stupid question at all! i've never successfully made a rescue disk before so any tips and comments are greatly appreciated. what i did in this case was just replace the kernel image 'linux' on the rescue disk w/ a zimage renamed to 'linux' -- is there anything else that i need to do? or do i need to alter the existing rdev commands? -sen -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
