You wouldnt happen to have another machine on the network that could act
as a BOOTP server? Reason being I could make you a BOOTP kernel that has
the RAMDISK attached so it loads the ramdisk immediatly after the kernel
finishes loading. What version of RH are you trying to install?
Peter
brad lynham wrote:
>
> i should have mentioned that, i initially was trying to boot from the cd
> with the good old srm console, and i was running into the same problem (as
> well as others). i then found a guide that told me about the milo floppy
> from the arc console, boot disk, ram disk, blah blah blah. still the same
> problem. this machine is running the last firmware released, and it has
> both srm and arc consoles.
>
> ive basically tried everything from head first plunging into the install
> to following the official installation guide. im definately not getting
> something.
>
> .brad
>
> Michal Jaegermann wrote:
>
> > > everything boots fine, but the install program dies with the error
> > > "unable to load second stage ramdisk". ive tried the install via
> > > cdrom (many many times), local image, http, and ftp from 4 different
> > > sources.
> >
> > Try rather booting from a floppy with a ramdisk on the second floppy.
> > Images are on a distribution CD. Quite possible that your loader
> > together with firmware fails flat on a loading ramdisk image.
> > You have an SRM console or ARC?
> >
> > Michal
>
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