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Re: Newbie needs some advice.



Hi!

From: Barton Hodges <barton@gcmcomputers.com>

> Then, the kernel started to load and went crazy.  Numbers scrolled
> by on the screen non-stop.  It never completely loaded.

> Is this because I don't have my root filesystem in the correct place?

The kernel will be booted _after_ it was loaded completely. You will
see errors about root-nfs later from the kernel in an accurate
manner. The start of the kernel looks just normal: "Uncompressing,
booting, calibrating whatever-loops, something about bogomips, etc."

And: You dont need bootp in the kernel. The bootrom does this.

> If I recall correctly, the mknbi-linux app said the root was
> located somehwhere else.  If
> it can be changed when compiling the kernel...then where?

You change the root-dev with mknbi-linux. But: the kernel prints a lot
of lines, before trying to mount root and it will tell you, if this fails.

Your Problem: The kernel is never started, because transfering/loading
does not succseed.

Ciao,
	Rob
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