Re: Problem booting Debian amd64 3.1r0a
Am Freitag, 12. Mai 2006 13:08 schrieb Alex Page:
> I'm trying to install Debian amd64 3.1r0a on a dual em64t Xeon box, with
> SCSI hard drives and an IDE CD-ROM. I've previously had Debian i386
> running on the same hardware.
>
> Once I've completed the base install from CD, I'm prompted to reboot
> into Debian. When I boot my Debian amd64 kernel, the boot process hangs
> with the following error message:
>
> Detecting hardware: open_sock(): No such device
>
> I've tried Googling for this error message but not found anything
> illuminating. Any suggestions on where I can proceed from here?
>
> Alex
Just an idea:
Maybe, the scsi-driver is not seen properly. So it will not find the hard
drives, and cannot load needed modules. my suggestion to fix this:
Make a kernel with all needed drivers statically compiled in and no initrd on
another machine using make-kpkg. Then start with the installation system and
install as normal. Do not reboot !!! Now install your static-kernel with no
initrd and make it known in grub or lilo.
Now you should be able to boot the new kernel.
I know, this is not a good solution, but it worked for me with similar
problems.
Once th esystem has started, you can build your working kernel (or try a newer
one)
Best regards
Hans
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