On Fri, Aug 20, 2004 at 06:09:55PM -0400, Speakman, John H./Epidemiology-Biostatistics wrote: > Me again. I can't let go of those old Alpha 4100s. They are like an > old car on blocks in the yard that I tinker with now again hoping to > turn the engine over. One day they will move our Windows file systems > off the MSA1000 and if I have't made Debian boot on the Alphas by then, > I will just call a tow truck and have them hauled away. But in the > meantime, with much help from Steve and others on this list, we am > inching forward. Sarge RC1 sees the DAC960 and the volumes on it; I can > format them; I understand to leave an aboot partition (and it even > prompts me if I forget) but it still fails at kernel install time with: > Setting up kernel-image-2.4.26-1-generic (--configure): > depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in > /lib/modules/2.4.26-1-generic/kernel/drivers/char/scx200.o > /usr/sbin/mkinitrd: device /dev/rd/c0d0p1 is not a block device > Failed to create initrd image. > dpkg: error processing kernel-image-2.4.26-1-generic (--configure): > subprocess post-installation-script returned error exit status 2 > Errors were encountered while processing: > kernel-image-2.4.26-1-generic > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > I think this is the problem Steve mentioned that has been isolated and > should be fixed in RC1; I am still seeing it. Will try the daily build > and a Sid and see what happens. This is more an FYI than a "help!" This is a bug specific to aboot-installer's handling of device names for hardware RAID partitions. A fix has been identified, but is waiting on alioth's subversion service to come back on-line before uploading. This is bug #265597 in the BTS. -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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