Re: still trying to install cooker
Where can I find the source code for /sbin/init and /sbin/stage1 in the initrd that's in the cooker? Are these the files that would be relevent here? I'm not exactly familiar with the install process. Ryan Sounds like you're doing the right thing. I haven't done an HD install lately, it's possible something is broken in stage1 - I'll check it out. Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft OH/TN, USA http://perso.mandrakesoft.com/~sbenedict/ PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/PPC/FAQ/
Re: still trying to install cooker
On Wed, 2 Jan 2002, Ryan Boder wrote: Here is my latest attempt at installing the cooker from disk. The size problem went away when I mirrored it on an ext2 partition instead of hfs. So I mirrored the cooker on an ext2 partition and it finished ok only using 1.7 G like everyone said it would. Then I ran gendistrib described in the howto and it worked fine. I added an entry to my yaboot.conf called cooker-install that looks like this... image=hd:4,/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.13-12mdkBOOT label=cooker-install root=/dev/ram3 initrd=hd:4,/boot/all.rdz-2.4.13-12mdkBOOT initrd-size=36000 append= video=aty128fb:vmode:17 This is a copy of the aty128fb entry from the cooker boot directory except changed to reflect my mirror partition on hda4. I ran ybin and added the entry to my boot partition. Then I rebooted and chose cooker-install at the yaboot prompt which booted Ok and got me to the point where you can choose your install method (FTP, HTTP, NFS, CDROM, hard disk). I chose hard disk since the mirror is on my hard disk, but instead of going into the graphical install program, it said that No partitions can be found. Then it asks what module to load to get scsi access and gives me a list of modules to choose from. I thought it should find the mirror and go into the installer. Am I doing something wrong here? You might try the 2.4.4 kernel. Stage1 reads /proc/partitions to try and find the partitions, and it looks like the format has changed with the newer kernel, hence the no partitions found. Still lookinga t what to do about it. Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoftOH/TN, USA http://perso.mandrakesoft.com/~sbenedict/ PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/PPC/FAQ/
still trying to install cooker
Here is my latest attempt at installing the cooker from disk. The size problem went away when I mirrored it on an ext2 partition instead of hfs. So I mirrored the cooker on an ext2 partition and it finished ok only using 1.7 G like everyone said it would. Then I ran gendistrib described in the howto and it worked fine. I added an entry to my yaboot.conf called cooker-install that looks like this... image=hd:4,/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.13-12mdkBOOT label=cooker-install root=/dev/ram3 initrd=hd:4,/boot/all.rdz-2.4.13-12mdkBOOT initrd-size=36000 append= video=aty128fb:vmode:17 This is a copy of the aty128fb entry from the cooker boot directory except changed to reflect my mirror partition on hda4. I ran ybin and added the entry to my boot partition. Then I rebooted and chose cooker-install at the yaboot prompt which booted Ok and got me to the point where you can choose your install method (FTP, HTTP, NFS, CDROM, hard disk). I chose hard disk since the mirror is on my hard disk, but instead of going into the graphical install program, it said that No partitions can be found. Then it asks what module to load to get scsi access and gives me a list of modules to choose from. I thought it should find the mirror and go into the installer. Am I doing something wrong here? Ryan Boder http://www.ece.cmu.edu/~rtb
Re: still trying to install cooker
On Wed, 2 Jan 2002, Ryan Boder wrote: Here is my latest attempt at installing the cooker from disk. The size problem went away when I mirrored it on an ext2 partition instead of hfs. So I mirrored the cooker on an ext2 partition and it finished ok only using 1.7 G like everyone said it would. Then I ran gendistrib described in the howto and it worked fine. I added an entry to my yaboot.conf called cooker-install that looks like this... image=hd:4,/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.13-12mdkBOOT label=cooker-install root=/dev/ram3 initrd=hd:4,/boot/all.rdz-2.4.13-12mdkBOOT initrd-size=36000 append= video=aty128fb:vmode:17 This is a copy of the aty128fb entry from the cooker boot directory except changed to reflect my mirror partition on hda4. I ran ybin and added the entry to my boot partition. Then I rebooted and chose cooker-install at the yaboot prompt which booted Ok and got me to the point where you can choose your install method (FTP, HTTP, NFS, CDROM, hard disk). I chose hard disk since the mirror is on my hard disk, but instead of going into the graphical install program, it said that No partitions can be found. Then it asks what module to load to get scsi access and gives me a list of modules to choose from. I thought it should find the mirror and go into the installer. Am I doing something wrong here? Ryan Boder http://www.ece.cmu.edu/~rtb Sounds like you're doing the right thing. I haven't done an HD install lately, it's possible something is broken in stage1 - I'll check it out. Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoftOH/TN, USA http://perso.mandrakesoft.com/~sbenedict/ PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/PPC/FAQ/
