if I boot from slack-CD1, how to load initrd image file

jiawj · 03-28-2005, 09:48 PM

hello!
I have a floppy, a cdrom and a hard disk.

my hard disk had no any partitions, that's all blank.
I build a initrd image on other box.

my question is:
when I boot box from CD1, how to load initrd image

My initrd image contain my intel-scsi-raid driver modules.

btw, how to install slackware9.1 on i2o device.

fdisk -l : export

Quote:

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/i2o/hda1 1 17 136521 83 Linux
/dev/i2o/hda2 18 49 257040 82 Linux swap
/dev/i2o/hda3 50 8855 70734195 83 Linux

but the setup prompt , can't find partitions

jiawj · 03-30-2005, 02:14 AM

no any idea for me ?
no any way to load initrd when boot from cdrom or floppy ?

aikempshall · 03-30-2005, 02:41 AM

If you've managed to create an initrd on another machine - create the boot disk there as well.

Why, when installing Slack do you need an initrd? I would have thought that the initrd would have been needed after Slack was installed and you needed to get back into the system.

Regards

jiawj · 03-30-2005, 04:44 AM

thx aikempshall !
hmm, I try my best to know slackware well.
on the other hand, my INTEL-RAID device must use I2O modules drivers, I can load the modules automation if I can setup initrd image, and I don't need recompile kernel.

aikempshall · 03-31-2005, 02:00 AM

Have you managed to install slack?

jiawj · 03-31-2005, 01:41 PM

hi aikempshall

for luck

I installed slack on i2o device and worked fine!

I create 3 symbol-link
ln -sf /dev/i2o/hda /dev/hdm
ln -sf /dev/i2o/hda1 /dev/hdm1
ln -sf /dev/i2o/hda2 /dev/hdm2

and the setup can identify i2o device as ide I guess.

aikempshall · 03-31-2005, 03:05 PM

Welcome to Slackware!