Bug#495928: debian-installer: does not add line to /etc/inittab to enable logins via virtual console
> > Ok this fixed the problem that installing from a virtual optical drive
> > failed during the package-installation.
> I have closed #495928.
Allright.
> > A new problem, though, is that when choosing the 'minimal initrd image',
> > the system comes up and boots up to the point where it says 'Begin:
> > Waiting for root file system ... '. At that point it keeps waiting
> > forever.
>
> Could you try adding "console=hvc0,38400" to the installer command-line?
> If I am not mistaken, that is the virtual console which you are using,
> isn't it?
Well, it eventually timed out. I then got a initrd emergency shell. It
told me it could not access my boot device (/dev/sda2) in time. I'm now
going to reinstall but this time with the full initrd image (the
non-shrinked version, the one that also includes drivers that do not
seem to be needed for this system (well at least during installation)).
Folkert van Heusden
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