Re: Debian Installer hangs SOLVED!
Booting the installer on a 7305 (DigitalServer 7000) works like
described in the document "Installing RedHat Linux 6.0 on a Digital (DEC)
Alpha 4100" (Blakey, J. 1999;
http://www.alphalinux.org/docs/rawhide/4100_install.shtml).
in short:
Use the Floppy-Disks Bootfloppies
set boot_osflags "root=/dev/fd0 load_ramdisk=1 prompt_ramdisk=1"
boot dva0 -file linux.bin
Like this I was able to boot into the debian installer.
Still wondering what the numbers in the errormessage were (Unable to
mount root fs on 01:00)...
Thanks for helping.
Adrian.
On Mon, 16 Jun 2003 10:54:27 +0200
Adrian Zaugg <adi@geo.unizh.ch> wrote:
> Dear List
>
> Installing Debian on a rawhide with a diskaray connected to a QLogic HVD
> (ISP 1040)* leads to a kernel panic:
> VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 01:00
>
> If I connect a single SCSI Drive to a Symbios Card, I can install Debian easily
> and access the diskarray and use the disks (unfortunately there is no
> space to mount this drive nowhere, so I must use the diskarray solely).
>
> I have tried the following:
> - use LordSuch's Netinst (from CD)
> - use the rescue- and rootdisk (from floppy)
> - preformat the disks with ext3 and bsd disklabels
> - with unformatted and unpartitioned disks
> - different cabling
> - using bootflag rootfstype
> - googling to get other hints...
>
> What else can I try?
>
> Can I move an installation from the single drive to the array?
> (Installing a Debian without anything to the single disk, connecting the
> array, boot into Debian, partition and format the array, make it
> bootable and copy the whole thing...would that work?)
>
> What does the number 01:00 in the error-message mean? If I change the
> cabling, sometimes I get 02:00.
>
>
> Thank you for your help!
>
>
> Regards, Adrian.
>
>
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