On 12 Sep 2003 00:00:14 -0400 Jason Dixon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hey Jason,
> My apologies for the being unclear. I'm dealing with RHAS 2.1 (update > 2). But you're right, it's in kernel-BOOT. It's the strangest thing, I > *swear* I looked for that package before, and couldn't find it. :-P i think it's on the second CD so a quick check of the first wouldn't be enough ;o) > P.S. Does the following sound like an initrd or vmlinuz error? looks more like an initrd problem. > RAMDISK: Couldn't find valid RAM disk image starting at 0. > Freeing initrd memory: 673k freed The initrd is never loaded. Either it is bad or can't be loaded from the media.. Perhaps even a bad boot parameter? > EXT2-fs: unable to read superblock > cramfs: wrong magic > isofs_read_super: bread failed, dev=09:00, iso_blknum=16, block=32 Just sad thrashing about as it tries to boot without the benefit of a loaded ramdisk. > Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 09:00 Oh, looks like you are trying make a bootable tape, bare metal restore perhaps? I've never tried with Linux allthough i setup some HPUX systems to do this (Y2K, sigh). Not sure how you go about ensuring that the initrd is loaded from tape*. Would be interested to know how you make out with this. Cheers, Sean * initramfs in the 2.6 kernel is tailor made for this because it adds the image to the tail of the kernel itself so you don't have to load it from a boot partition. The initramfs tools are still imature though. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
