Re: Install 8.1 on alpha XL (ARC console)

Stefan Reinauer <[email protected]> Tue, 21 Oct 2003 14:30:52 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.linux.suse.axp
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* Franco Tassone <[email protected]> [031021 14:15]:
> Nice suggestion... but how to build the floppy that the install procedure
> "believes" ready in the floppy unit /dev/fd0 ?
> Thanks in advance.

You don't need a floppy since it will load the initrd and use the
filesystem in that one. The initrd will later on change the root device
to the one chosen during installation.

For milo 2.0 you need some additional hack with fake_initrd, so it's 
recommended to use milo 2.2 if available.

  Stefan

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