Re: AW: Alice doesn't start the automatic installation

Did you use the tag <SYS_LANGUAGE>english</SYS_LANGUAGE>?
You may also try the following in your SYS_LINUX_CFG-section:
append initrd=initrd rw 2 root=/dev/fd0 linuxrc=auto2,yast1 
ramdisk_size=65536 enableapic
This worked for me.

Tom Becker




Menzel, Heiko wrote:

>Thanks for the hint with autoprobe. I don't get a message for another disk!
>
>But the automatic installation dosn't work!
>The system also stand still at the point where i've to enter the Language.
>There are a lot of possibilities to enter.
>In my sys.tcf -file is written: Language=english but now on my screen i've the choice of "English(US)" and so on. So I think it doesn't fit to the posibilities of the choice, does it? 
>
>Many Greetings
>
>Heiko Menzel
>
>-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>Von: Ingo Boernig [mailto:[email protected]]
>Gesendet: Freitag, 7. Juni 2002 13:49
>An: Menzel, Heiko
>Cc: [email protected]
>Betreff: Re: [alice] Alice doesn't start the automatic installation
>
>
>On Fri, Jun 07, Menzel, Heiko wrote:
>
>>>Hello, 
>>>
>>>  i've configured alice for the first time.
>>>  The configuration of files, cvs and installation server fits without any
>>>  problems.
>>>  Then i make a installationdisk with make_inst_disk.
>>>  I generated a compaq-image with this disk.
>>>
>>>  I loaded this installationdisk via firtual-floppy.
>>>  (The Hardware is Compaq with RemoteInsightBoards, so you can upload a 
>>>  bootdisk to this system)
>>>  The System started booting of kernel. (k_deflt)
>>>  After booting of kernel the system would like to have another floppy-disk.
>>>  I have no other disk and i don't know which disk the system is searching for.
>>>
>
>Did you set <SYS_MODULES_AUTOPROBE>? If it is set to yes, it will search
>all modules disks. Use <SYS_INSMOD_MODULES> instead.
>
>Ingo
>
>