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Re: [suse-autoinstall] Loadlin 1.6C problem when installing Novell Linux Desktop 9
- From: Martin Vidner <mvidner@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 08:52:18 +0000 (UTC)
- Message-id: <20051014085217.GD31511@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
On Fri, Oct 14, 2005 at 08:29:20AM +0000, Dennis Peere wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to perform an automated harddisk installation of NLD 9 but seem
> to have problems loading initrd with loadlin 1.6C.
> The original initrd deliverd on CD1 of NLD is 5706806 bytes and I think
> that's too big for loadlin 1.6C.
> When I boot in FREEDOS and start loadlin I use the following command
> LOADLIN LINUX initrd=INITRD ramdisk_size=65536 root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc
>
Try syslinux instead of loadlin. That is what the original CDs use
(isolinux, actually, but that should not matter). Also, check
$CD1/boot/loader/isolinux.cfg for the correct ram disk size. In
some products, it is bigger than 65536.
--
Martin Vidner, YaST developer
SuSE CR, s.r.o. e-mail: mvidner@xxxxxxx
Drahobejlova 27 tel:+420-296542390
190 00 Praha 9, Czech Republic http://www.suse.cz
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to perform an automated harddisk installation of NLD 9 but seem
> to have problems loading initrd with loadlin 1.6C.
> The original initrd deliverd on CD1 of NLD is 5706806 bytes and I think
> that's too big for loadlin 1.6C.
> When I boot in FREEDOS and start loadlin I use the following command
> LOADLIN LINUX initrd=INITRD ramdisk_size=65536 root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc
>
Try syslinux instead of loadlin. That is what the original CDs use
(isolinux, actually, but that should not matter). Also, check
$CD1/boot/loader/isolinux.cfg for the correct ram disk size. In
some products, it is bigger than 65536.
--
Martin Vidner, YaST developer
SuSE CR, s.r.o. e-mail: mvidner@xxxxxxx
Drahobejlova 27 tel:+420-296542390
190 00 Praha 9, Czech Republic http://www.suse.cz
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