* Joerg Rossdeutscher <joerg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [2004-05-13 19:31]: > The last lines say: > > >execute initrd={initrd-size}@{initrd-start} > console=ttyS0,{console-speed} > elf: 80080000 <-- 00001000 1916928t+176112t > elf: entry 801fc040 > net: interface down That's the same as I get: > -script > lcd 'Loading' 'debian-installer' > tftp {dhcp-next-server} vmlinux-2.4.25-r5k-cobalt initrd.gz arp: request from 192.168.1.1 ... > execute initrd={initrd-size}@{initrd-start} console=ttyS0,{console-speed} elf: 80080000 <-- 00001000 1916928t + 176112t elf: entry 801fc040 net: interface down CPU revision is: 000028a0 FPU revision is: 000028a0 Primary instruction cache 32kB, physically tagged, 2-way, linesize 32 bytes. Primary data cache 32kB 2-way, linesize 32 bytes. Linux version 2.4.25-r5k-cobalt (root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) (gcc version 3.3.3 (Debian 20040321)) #1 Thu Apr 15 15:17:00 BST 2004 Well, immediately after the message you saw, control should be passed to the kernel and you should see kernel message. I don't really know why that wouldn't work in your case. -- Martin Michlmayr tbm@xxxxxxxxxx