Re: Installation Questions

From: Laurenz Albe (invite_at_spam.to.invalid)
Date: 07/29/05 

Date: 29 Jul 2005 07:41:41 GMT

Edward S. Baiz Jr. <edbaizjr@comcast.net> wrote:
> Basically it is this way. I boot my computer up first in an OS called
> Magic.
> It would be the same as booting up Windows on a PC. I run a program from my
> desktop in the Magic OS which then runs the Linux installation ramdisk
> initrd22.gz. With my older Kernel (version 2.2xxx) the ramdisk runs and I
> soon get the screen which asks for what language I want the installation
> to be in.
> If I use the newer kernels, the ramdisk loads, but I get no video. If I
> have
> my external Hard Drive turned on, the ramdisk freezes right before the
> language screen and mentions something about a corupt list (kernel panic).
> Hope this helps...
>
> Once I get Linux installed, I run the same program that I used in the
> installation, but with a different information file that will then load
> Linux.

I will probably not be able to answer the question, but I think that I
understand clearly enough what you really want to do:

You want to install Debian m86k on a new hard disk. Correct?

I don't know from where you got this ramdisk or the program to start Linux
(you didn't tell me), but why don't you just go to the Debian site,
download a boot medium, and install it the normal way?

Yours,
Laurenz Albe

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