Ian Keith Setford wrote: > > I am trying to install on a Sparc5. When I boot from the floppy, I get > halfway through the boot and then the rescue disk is ejected. I push it > back in to continue but when I do I get the following message: > > Kernel panic: unable to open initial console > No init found. Try passing the kernel init= > > I tried to use "linux init=/bin/sh" to boot with no success. I am using > the disks from the stable tree. I tried both the resc1440-2.2.1.bin and > the resc144--2.2.1-sun4u.bin. Same problem with both. > > This is my first install on a Sparc but I am very familiar with Intel > installs. > > Anybody have advice?
You need to insert the root disk just after the rescue disk was ejected, not the rescue disk again. Sparc install is 2 floppy set. Put the root.bin file on a second floppy, like you did for the rescue image. Regards. -- Eric Delaunay | "La guerre justifie l'existence des militaires. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | En les supprimant." Henri Jeanson (1900-1970)