debian on alpha xl

[ss4]

tryed this way to boot debian

make 1st floppy with MILO
put rescue.bin with rawrite onto a 2nd floppy
put root.bin with rawrite onto a 3rd floppy
startup the machine with the 1st into MILO>
put the 2nd (rescue.bin) into the fd0, then:
"boot fd0:linux.gz root=/dev/fd0 load_ramdisk=1"

and this is the output

MILO:unknow filesystem on device void

why it not recognize the fs?
i have written images with:
fdformat /dev/fd0
dd if=rescue.bin of=/dev/fd0 bs=1440k

already tryed with:
dd if=rescue.bin of=/dev/fd0 bs=72k
dd if=rescue.bin of=/dev/fd0

[DEMAINE Benoit-Pierre]

Why do you need to boot floppies ? To me, Milo has been designed for
HDD, but, maybe it could work (Alpha is not like PC, what has been
designed for HDD may work for other devices).

If it's just tu install Debian, there are easier ways to do.

If you want a debian without HDD ... please confirm this option, and I
will try to think about it.

Please, give *details* on why you need or want to do this.

But, remember this: to make a bootable floppy on PC, we never use Lilo,
and Grub is optionnal.

I *REALLY* dont think the problem is about the bs= option.

The best way IMHO to make a bootable floppy is ...
- join ric.freenox.net/#debian and ask which tools can build floppies
(dont mention Alpha, just ask which program will build bootable FDs)
or
- use installation disks: write installation disks on your FDs, just to
get benefits of Debian official's FS and BL, mount writable, and change
the kernel for the one of your choice.

When I need a custom Debian FD, i always go for the second option.

If you boot official FDs, you should not need any option.

You have not been able to build your own FDs, or you dont know how to
make them: dont make them, reuse official images :)

CU later.

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>o_/ DEMAINE Benoit-Pierre (aka DoubleHP) http://benoit.demaine.info/
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[juhana paavola]

Forget bs option, not needed. Try mount that rescue disk, it's FS is
FAT so windows machines can read it too. Also you can try in milo
this; ls fd0:/

If can read dir, then boot fd0:/vmlinuz root=/dev/fd0 load_ramdisk=1
Or have installation cd and place root=/dev/scd0

Anyway, possibly damaged floppy too.