In order for initrd to work your bootloader also has to support it, in
this
case aboot. You don't say which distribution you're running but SuSE has
done some work on initrd support for aboot. There's even a patch
(somewhere) on their ftp site for this.
--rdp
On Wed, 19 Jan 2000, kuldeep wrote:
> I am trying to use a drive on a custom storage controller as root drive
> in Alpha DS20.
> So I tried initrd.
> I am getting messages like "initrd overwritten .... disabling it"
> during bootup and /linuxrc does not run.
> I am using 2.2.10 kernel.( happens with 2.2.12 kernel also).
>
> Below is the message displayed during bootup
>
> .
> .
> .
> Linux version 2.2.10 (root@alpha-linux) (gcc version egcs-2.91.66
> 19990314/Linux(egcs-1.1.2 release))
> Booting on Tsunami variation Goldrush using machine vector DP264
> Command line: initrd=/boot/initrd bootdevice=sda2
> bootfile=boot/init.gz
> Initial ramdisk at: 0xefefefefefefefef (17289301308300324847 bytes)
> Console: colour VGA+ 80x25
> Calibrating delay loop... 996.15 BogoMIPS
> initrd overwritten (0xefefefefefefefef < 0xfffffc0000776180)
> - disabling it.
> Memory: 254936k available
> .
> .
> .
>
> What should I do to get it initrd up? Is there any other way to this
> up?
>
> Please post a reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED] as I am not on the
> Alpha-linux mailing list.
> Please redirect me to any other list if this is not the appropriate
> forum.
>
> Thanks,
> Kuldeep
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Rich Payne
[EMAIL PROTECTED] www.alphalinux.org
