I futzed around with this some more this morning. It haoppens also in a
pre6 I built off the rsynced code (samba).

Adding an argument of my own (such as a runlevel) seems to fix it (ie, I
can boot

linux: 2.2.0

will die on Copying OF device tre... done. (And it is dead).

linux: 2.2.0 5
will boot up.

I can try BootXing if anyone wants, but I'd like to keep my OF-boot
working?!

On Fri, 15 Jan 1999, Kevin Puetz wrote:

This happened to me too, though only when using a quik name for it (as 
opposed to typing the full path/command. I'm going to try some more to debug
this, but...

Typing this same command at the quik prompt did not have the problem. Any
ideas? G3/233 DT (rev 1), quik 1.3.1,

My command is

image=/boot/vmlinux_010799
    label=benh
    root=/dev/hda7
    append=" video=atyfb:vmode:17,cmode:16"

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From: fritzwe.linux@tamedia.ch
To: linuxppc-user@lists.linuxppc.ORG
Subject: kernel 2.2.0-pre4
Date: Fri, Jan 15, 1999, 3:29 AM

Hi,

I'm trying this kernel I've found at http://calvaweb.calvacom.fr/bh40
because of the support for my AHA2940UW and the 3-button mouse I've
missed so badly in 2.1.25.

The line "Welcome to Linux, kernel 2.2.0-pre4 booting..." appears and
that's it.

I've put vmlinux into the System Folder.

BootX 1.0.1 is configured as follows:
  boot device: sdc4 (thats the UW-scsi drive where the System
                     Folder is located)
  More kernel arguments: root=/dev/sda4 swap=/dev/sda5 vmode=14 cmode=8
                         (/dev/sda is attached to the internal scsi).

The Mac is a 7200/90

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