Re: GRUB/LILO Fatal Error During Install of AMD64 on Dell Poweredge 1800 w/ CERC 6chan RAID

[Craig Livingston <livingstonc@bellsouth.net>]

Thanks Goswin!!!

I wasnt loading initrd.  Once I did that I was able to boot and run  
update-grub to get the menu.lst created.  Wonder why the install disk  
tripped up...

Thanks again for your help!

-Craig


On Aug 6, 2005, at 5:55 PM, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:

> Craig Livingston <livingstonc@bellsouth.net> writes:
>
>
> > I am trying to install Debian AMD64 via the debian-31r0a-amd64- 
> > netinst.iso.  I
> > use the automatic partition configuration tool and everything goes  
> > fine until
> > it is time to install a bootloader.   Attempts to install either  
> > GRUB or LILO
> > result in a fatal error:
> >
> >     Unable to install GRUB in (hd0).  Executing 'grub-install  
> > (hd0)' failed.
> > This is a fatal error.
> >
> >
> >
> > attempts to install LILO on dev/sda and on dev/sda1 result in:
> >
> >     Running "/sbin/lilo" failed with error code "1"
> >
> >
> >
> > Looking in /dev I do not see any sdX entries.  All I see is /dev/ 
> > scsi...not
> > sure if this is normal.
>
> /dev and /target/dev differ. you need to chroot.
>
>
> > Also,  attempts to manually boot with the following commands:
> >
> >     grub>kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda1
> >
> >     grub>boot
> >
> > Begins the boot process but it quickly fails with:
> >
> >     VFS:  Cannot open root device "sda1" or unknown-block(0,0)
> >
> >     Please append a correct "root=" boot option
> >
> >     Kernel Panic:  VFS:  Unable to mount root ds on unknown-block 
> > (0,0)
>
> Obviously. All Debian kernels need an initrd to load the modules for
> the root device. Look at the lilo.conf fo grub/menu.lst file for the
> right options. Both should be there even if the install fails in the
> end.
>
>
>
> > I have no problems installing via the debian-31r0a-i386-netinst.iso
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Hardware:
> >
> > Dell PowerEdge Dual Xeon 3.0mhz
> >
> > Dell CERC SATA 6 channel Hardware RAID (ADAPTEC 26110SA RAID  
> > Controller.  It
> > uses the aacraid driver.  NOTE that the card is stamped with  
> > "Adaptec 26110SA"
> > but I think people refer to this card as 2610SA.)
> >
> > Single 40GB sata drive set up as RAID 0 on the CERC
> >
> > Onboard sata control disabled
> >
> > Onboard SCSI controller enabled...with nothing attached
> >
> > Onboard IDE enabled with CDROM attached
> >
> >
> >
> > Any thoughts?
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
>
> MfG
>         Goswin