Hi

I installed Debian Linux on my Efika some months ago and I can't boot it again. I suppose my command line is wrong ...

With "ls hd:1 boot", I can see the file to boot on, but my problem comes from the subcommant "root=/dev/sda2" that I wrote on a paper ... to remember it ! :-(

Linux starts to boot and then stops searching for the root device. How can I found which device I have to use in my command line ?

At the moment, I try with :
boot hd:1 boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda2

Thanks !

Have you tried to wait some second before booting ?

boot hd:1 boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda2 bootdelay=5

IIRC.

I tried to add "bootdelay=5" (and even 10) but that does not work. After a while, it says that /dev/sda2 does not exist.

And an error : 8042.c : No controller found

Can I check from Open Firmware if /dev/sda2 is the right device ?

If your kernel is under the /boot directory of the first partition, then it sounds to me like /dev/sda1 would be the right device to specify as the root filesystem.

unless you have a separate /boot partition, and under that has a boot directory. But that sounds like a weird setup.

ojn : I also tried with /dev/sda1 but it failed.

All system directories are listed when I run "ls hd:1" : etc, proc, boot, root, dev, ...

Maybe I will have to install Linux again ... or wait for MorphOS ...