Help Installing on Ultra 1... Getting Kernel Panic after ram

amenegat · n00b Joined: 13 Feb 2003 Posts: 3

I've searched quite a bit but I haven't been able to figure out what's wrong. I have an Ultra 1 I'm trying to install gentoo on. I'm hoping someone here can help.

I know the installation is going to take a while on this machine but I haven't even gotten to that point yet.

I downloaded the sparc version of 1.1a and burned the iso to a cd that I booted off of the sparc.

From the boot prompt I typed ramdisk to start the installation (i gave vmlinuz a shot too just to see, with the same results)

It decompresses the files and creates the ramdisk but before anything starts to happen I get a Kernel Panic: attempt to kill init! (off the top of my head) message.

Anythoughts on how I can fix this?

thanks

slartibartfasz · Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 4:19 pm Post subject:

i think there is a thread somewhere about 'kernel killing init'
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amenegat · n00b Joined: 13 Feb 2003 Posts: 3

Yeah, I read something about having to use the vanilla-kernel to resolve the problem. But how do I change that off the cd rom? Is there a different ISO I should download?

slartibartfasz · Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 4:47 pm Post subject:

yep - i'm not familiar with sparc - but i guess u can simply use an older installation cd, where the kernel works for you and then proceed to install the newest system - the system that gets installed depends on the tarball u use an not on the installation cd - there are also installation versions using other systems (knoppix and whatnot...) - basically the only thing u have to solve is the first boot as far as i understand the problem - if can get it to boot 'somehow' and can connect to the web u should be able to install gentoo...
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