Re: Almost there
On Monday 18 July 2005 05:52 pm, Gary Hodges wrote:
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> /dev/sda1 (/boot) is ext2 and all the other partitions are ReiserFS.
> I'm using the standard kernel included with the debian installer. Note
> that I'm not using what is considered to be the stable installer, but a
> daily build I found somewhere. It is build 7-6-2005. The stable
> installer doesn't see the on-board NIC. I believe all the installers
> are using the same kernel (2.6.8-11). I don't know if initrd was
> created correctly. Is there a way to test it?
It's looking as if GRUB is not the problem, which leaves the initrd. The
short answer to your question is "I don't know." The long answer is that it
might be documented in /usr/share/doc/kernel ... I would think that if the
installer allowed you to create a ReiserFS file system, that the kernel &
initrd supplied with the installer would be capable of mounting it, but
stranger things have happened.
At this point, I have two thoughts. First, it's time to go home, have a beer
and a good night's sleep & work on this again, in the morning -- which is
what I'm about to do!
My second thought is to fire-up Knoppix again. Chroot into /dev/sda2.
Mount /dev/sda1 as boot on /dev/sda2 and then install another, more current
kernel or, even, compile your own with make-kpkg. But, if you're not familiar
with all this, this too would be better left until tomorrow.
Cheers, and have a good night!
cmr
> > There's basically two possible problems, here. Either grub is not
> > looking in the right place for your root file system, or it is, but initd
> > is unable to mount it. As Sherlock Holmes used to say, "When you've
> > eliminated the impossible, whatever is left, however, improbable, must be
> > the answer!" ;-)
>
> Thanks for the comments!
>
> Gary
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