Updating YDL 3.0

[Daniel Gimpelevich]

Yes, /dev/hdc8 is the path to your root, not the path to your init. You
don't need to specify init= if yours is at the default path of /sbin/init.

On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 09:39:27 -0500, Eric Dunbar wrote:

>> > On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 15:39:45 -0800, Daniel Gimpelevich <daniel at gimpelevich>
>> > wrote:
>> > > You're supposed to use root= and/or init= with the pathname to the root or
>> > > init, e.g.: root=/dev/sda5
>> >
>> > I was slowly working my way in that direction ;) -- I'd figured out
>> > that it was supposed to be a path but couldn't get the right one.
>> >
>> > What I'd like to know is why is it important to run the RAM disk,
>> > rather than just the kernel 2.6.9*8 as I am doing presently (on my
>> > Beige G3/266)?
>> 
>> Hmm. I just noticed you wrote ROOT=/dev/hdc8. I'll try that now and
>> keep fingers crossed.
> 
> Well, root=/dev/hdc8 works! Now, why is it that I should be using a
> RAM disk rather than "just" the kernel to boot an OldWorld machine?
> (there seems to be no difference between the two)
> 
> Also, I manged to resatisfy a dependency problem (libcom_err.so.3 and
> libcom_err.so.2) :) :) :) so my server daemons are back up and running
> (of course, I did remove a lot of KDE-related stuff and re-install
> some of it to get there)
> 
> Eric.
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