This means kinit couldn't find a name-to-number mapping for the stringSorry for my silliness, actually rc4 boot OK
/dev/hda8. However, you said you tried vanilla rc4 with the same
result, and vanilla rc4 doesn't use klibc.
This means hda8 simply isn't discovered on your system, which probablyyes that was my problem: rc4-mm1 need CONFIG_SCSI_PATA_AMD=y
means hda isn't discovered. This typically is an issue with your
kernel configuration, but it's not always.
which -rc4 don't for my nForce2 ide controller.