having problems booting new installation

thrxcursd · n00b Joined: 02 Feb 2005 Posts: 1

i have an alphaserver 1000 (DEC)
with 2 2gb discs (dka0 and dka100)
and a 4gb disc on which i installed gentoo (dka200)

i left the space mentioned in the installation handbook
configured swap as 1st partition (/dev/sdc1)
and root as 2nd partition (/dev/sdc2)

i boot with the following command (in SRM):

boot dka200 -file /boot/kernel-2.4.28 -flag root=/dev/sdc2

server boots, gets a invalid "root=" argument error message, and kernel panics

any clue what i'm doing wrong?

SZwarts · Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2005 2:46 am Post subject:

Just a shot in the dark since I've never been root to an alpha, but all the examples on the internet and the bootloader explantion state that you should use quotes so what about -file "/boot/kernel-2.4.28" -flag "root=/dev/sdc2"

I have no idea how sensitive this loader is to its quotes, but I can imagine it would freak out because of that.
(I'm not sure about the -file quotes... btw In fact I'm not sure at all

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forgotten1 · Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2005 2:51 am Post subject:

I am making a few assumptions.

That GRUB is your bootloader
Your root statement inyour /boot/grub/grub.conf file is: