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List:       linux-alpha
Subject:    Re: problem with initrd on alpha-linux
From:       Ruediger Oertel <ro () suse ! de>
Date:       2000-02-16 14:17:30
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On Wed, 16 Feb 2000, kuldeep wrote:

>  We patched the 2.2.14 kernel with
>   
> ftp.*kernel.org:/...../people/andrea/patches/v2.2/2.2.14/alpha_initrd_fixes.gz
>  
>  Also aboot by
>    ftp.suse.com/pub/people/ro/aboot/aboot.initrd.patch
>    ftp.suse.com/pub/people/ro/aboot/aboot-0.5.dif
>  
>  But still initrd is not working.
>  
>  Below is the message displayed during bootup
>  
>  .
>  .
>  aboot: now loading initrd filesystem image
>  unzip: unknown compression method
>  aboot: ok, now starting the kernel
>  .
>  .
>  and system normally boot's up without the initrd support.
>  
>  What should I do to make initrd working ?
Hm, the message from aboot says there are problems uncompressing
the initrd-file. Did you use "-9" as compression level for the
initrd ? In this case you might just try the default "-3" for gzipping
the initial-ramdisk.

-- 
with kind regards (mit freundlichem Grinsen),
                              Ruediger Oertel (ro@suse.de)
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          does "DONT PANIC" give a hint ?

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