[NTLUG:Discuss] debian 2.1 on m68k Mac

[Rick Cook]

---------- on Mon, 22 May 2000 10:51:43 +0800 , Erich Morfeld said ->
>> 
>> Howdy, 
>> I have been successful only up to a point in installing Debian 2.1 on a Performa 475/m68k.  
>> The Mac boots to a small OS8.0 "drive".  Starting Penquin-17 I get all the device recognition
>>  but then right after "VFS Mounted root (minix filesystem)" I get: 
>> 
>> Root-NFS: Unable to open at least one network device
>> Root-NFS: Unable to contact NFS server for root fs,  using /dev/fd0 instead
>> VFS: Cannot open root device 02:00
>> Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 02:00
>> 
>> then the system hangs until rebooted.  The install.txt says that if this should happen to try a 
>> newer kernel or check my partitions.  I have a 700Mb drive partitioned with 61.4Mb for the 
>> Mac partition, a 61.4Mb A/UX swap, and the rest A/UX free space.  Anyone out there like to 
>> take a stab at this "fools errand?"  Thanks.

In the Penguin settings, you need to select the installation ramdisk and insure that the
kernel options include "root=/dev/ram".

As an aside, I am composing this message on a Quadra 605 (upgraded to 68040) using
tkmail, running under X and Debian "pre-2.2".


Good Luck,

Rick Cook
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