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

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 :study:

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


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

fdisk -l : export
but the setup prompt , can't find partitions :scratch:

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

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

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.

Have you managed to install slack?

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.:)

Welcome to Slackware!