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Oin

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Registered: 2005-09-02

Posts: 63

ftp install from existing system not working

I'm having problems with booting the 0.7.2 ftp-install iso with grub like stated in the wiki

i think there's something wrong with the way grub should be configured
this is what it looks like now, and it starts booting, loads a few drivers and then stops with a kernel panic saying this:

Kernel panic - not syncing: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel

title ArchCD
kernel (hd0,5)/isolinux/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda6 BOOTMEDIA=cd
initrd (hd0,5)/isolinux/initrd.img

can anybody see what's wrong?

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bigbob73

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From: Fort Worth, Texas

Registered: 2006-07-19

Posts: 89

Re: ftp install from existing system not working

I'm having problems with booting the 0.7.2 ftp-install iso with grub like stated in the wiki

i think there's something wrong with the way grub should be configured
this is what it looks like now, and it starts booting, loads a few drivers and then stops with a kernel panic saying that i didn't correctly specify the init type (i think that was it)

title ArchCD
kernel (hd0,5)/isolinux/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda6 BOOTMEDIA=cd
initrd (hd0,5)/isolinux/initrd.img

can anybody see what's wrong?

I installed from this link.  worked great!

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ins … all_System

Oin

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Registered: 2005-09-02

Posts: 63

Re: ftp install from existing system not working

I tried that aswell, but it doesn't work either, I think grub is what's wrong again...
i think the problem with the howto from the wiki that i pointed to is that the grub config is for the devfs arch. If that's the case, could anybody modify it to work for the new udev arch? please?  :cry:

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bigbob73

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From: Fort Worth, Texas

Registered: 2006-07-19

Posts: 89

Re: ftp install from existing system not working

I tried that aswell, but it doesn't work either, I think grub is what's wrong again...
i think the problem with the howto from the wiki that i pointed to is that the grub config is for the devfs arch. If that's the case, could anybody modify it to work for the new udev arch? please?  :cry:

my entry looks like this...

title  Arch-Arch Sources
root   (hd1,0)
kernel /vmlinuz26 root=/dev/hdb8 ro
initrd /initrd26.img

bigbob73

Member

From: Fort Worth, Texas

Registered: 2006-07-19

Posts: 89

Re: ftp install from existing system not working

I tried that aswell, but it doesn't work either, I think grub is what's wrong again...
i think the problem with the howto from the wiki that i pointed to is that the grub config is for the devfs arch. If that's the case, could anybody modify it to work for the new udev arch? please?  :cry:

my entry looks like this...

title  Arch-Arch Sources
root   (hd1,0)
kernel /vmlinuz26 root=/dev/hdb8 ro
initrd /initrd26.img

nm.  your talking about booting the cdrom eh?

Oin

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Registered: 2005-09-02

Posts: 63

Re: ftp install from existing system not working

I got it installed! Back to arch at last! yipee!
I changed grub's conf to look like this:

title  Arch Linux  [/boot/vmlinuz]
root   (hd0,6)
kernel (hd0,6)/boot/vmlinuz26 ro
initrd (hd0,6)/boot/initrd26.img

specifying the partition every time, it worked, and booted

thanks for the tips bigbob73

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In Linux there are no secrets!

bigbob73

Member

From: Fort Worth, Texas

Registered: 2006-07-19

Posts: 89

Re: ftp install from existing system not working

I got it installed! Back to arch at last! yipee!
I changed grub's conf to look like this:

title  Arch Linux  [/boot/vmlinuz]
root   (hd0,6)
kernel (hd0,6)/boot/vmlinuz26 ro
initrd (hd0,6)/boot/initrd26.img

specifying the partition every time, it worked, and booted

thanks for the tips bigbob73

Glad to here!