Gentoo Archives: gentoo-dev

From: R Joseph Wright <rjoseph@××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-dev@××××××××××.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Problem with boot disks
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 15:43:23
Message-Id: 20010615144146.A386@mammalia.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Problem with boot disks by AGottinger@t-online.de (Achim Gottinger)
1 On Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 11:14:26AM +0200, Achim Gottinger wrote:
2 > R Joseph Wright wrote:
3 > >
4 > > Hi, I've been wanting a Linux distribution that behaves in a more BSD-like
5 > > way than most, and I think Gentoo may fit the bill.
6 > > However, after booting from bootdisk.img, I get prompted for a root disk,
7 > > which I assume is supposed to be rescue.img, which I then insert. After that is
8 > > loaded, it continues prompting for two more root disks. Not knowing what to do,
9 > > I just hit "enter" each time. After the third one, there is a kernel panic
10 > > because it cannot find init. Has anyone else experienced this?
11 > >
12 > Sounds like you downloaded with netscape and ns unpacked the recue
13 > image.
14 > You must gzip -9 the rescue image and dd it to a floppy again, then
15 > things should work.
16 >
17 > bye achim~
18
19 Thanks, that was the problem, only I had used Konqueror, not Netscape.
20 I got it installed now.
21
22 --
23 Joseph