hello vorlon, thanks for your detailed answer! On Sun, 06 Jun 2004, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Sun, Jun 06, 2004 at 08:38:53PM +0200, maximilian attems wrote: > > 1) detecting network loads module DAC960 > > consoles without seeing any grave message, i assume kernel panic .. > > The "detecting network hardware" is a bit of a misnomer, actually, as it > does detect other hardware and load drivers if they're available. > > You say you were able to change consoles after this message appeared, > but the installer was dead? Did the system freeze completely, or were > you still able to switch consoles? yes i was able to switch consoles, but couldn't open the vc2, no error message on the other, d-i did not respond to any other keystroke. this DAC960P controller is a beast, i'm not shure if that driver is smp safe i saw some work on this driver "lately" http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.4/related/drivers/block/DAC960.c?nav=index.html|src/|src/drivers|src/drivers/block on a similar machine i remember having worked with a 2.2.20 up, as last "known" good from the old debian installer, unfortunatly its kernel panics on boot (tried with different floppies) so i want basicaly to get sarge up on that mini scsi disc to be able later too search for an kernel were that raid actually works. > > 4) boot loader menu entry jumps back to base-install instaed of calling > > swriteboot witch correct arguments: .. > The bootloader option depends on you first having a successfully > installed system. It is possible to kludge this, but the correct fix is > to get a working base installer onto the CD as discussed above. okay > > 5) boot fails on kernel panic unable to mount root=/dev/sda1 .. > Do you know for sure that /dev/sda1 is the correct root partition for > your system? What filesystem did you use? This may also be an artifact > of the above errors (e.g., failure to build a correct initrd for the > system). i used ext2 on a root partition that took 520 mb from the end of the drive that has 540 mb. that was the only partition. 20 mb in front were left untouched for aboot. i assume your initrd guess is valid. i may be able to retest alpha images this friday on that machine. tc1 images may be already better then? best regards maks
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