(Please follow up to debian-boot list so other people may be able to help as well.) On Thursday 10 March 2005 00:47, you wrote: > Thanks for helping... > > * I'm using sarge > * system currently runs win98 in a ~1G partition. > * Linux Swap (40MB) and Linux (~1G) partitions are already set up > (ranish partition manager) > * Network card is PCMCIA by Xircom > > I have downloaded the sarge hd-media files and have an install.bat that > goes like this: > > c:\linux\loadlin vmlinuz root=/dev/ram0 devfs=mount,dall > ramdisk_size=12000 initrd=initrd.gz Looking at the documentation for loadlin, I think the "root=/dev/ram0" parameter may be wrong, although the documentation is not completely consistent. Could you try with just /dev/ram0? Could you also try with /dev/ram and /dev/rd/0 (both with root= and without I guess to make sure)? > It reads the kernel and the initrd just fine but then crashes when > trying to mount the root fs on 01:00 > > I've also tried 2.6 kernel but I get an error telling me that init > isn't defined and that I should add an init= line to the loader... > > c:\linux\loadlin 2.6/vmlinuz root=/dev/ram0 devfs=mount,dall > ramdisk_size=12000 initrd=2.6/initrd.gz > > Pastor Jeff Mikels > Northwest Baptist Church > www.nwbc-chicago.org <http://www.nwbc-chicago.org> > 773-338-1111
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