Bug#660181: debian-installer: kernel panic on first boot "Unable to mount root fs"
Package: debian-installer
Version: wheezy 20110106+squeeze4 debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso
Severity: important
Dear Maintainer,
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* What led up to the situation?
Target system: Compaq DL380-G1 which has an integrated SCSI disk controller (cpqarray)
I have installed Debian previously fine under LILO boot, system got hosed and required new install
This time:
- netinstall from CD fine,
- installer suggested to include cpqarray which was selected
- first reboot after install fails with kernel panic:
List of all partitions:
No file system count mount root, tried:
Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block (72,1)
* What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
ineffective)?
tried both kernels offered in install options
* What was the outcome of this action?
unchanged
* What outcome did you expect instead?
kernel/install to handle inclusion of method/module providing disk access through the disk controller (cpqarray) at boot time (assumption that this causees the problem
there are the following modules on the new install partition which crashes:
/lib/modules/3.2.0-1-686-pae/kernel/drivers/block/cpqarray.ko
/lib/modules/3.2.0-1-686-pae/kernel/drivers/pci/hotplug/cpqpho.ko
and /etc/init.d/cpqarrayd with links in all the rc?.d's
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-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: 3.2.0-1-686-pae (x86_32)
Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-1-686-pae an 3.2.0-1-386
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
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