Bug#278462: marked as done (Debian Installation Report: Kernel Panic)
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From: "Thiago F.G. Albuquerque" <tfga@terra.com.br>
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uname -a: Linux thiago 2.4.18-3 #1 Thu Apr 18 07:37:53 EDT 2002 i686 unknown (on RedHat)
Date: Wed Oct 27 00:40:22 BRST 2004
Method: Booted from CD
Machine: Desktop
Processor: AMD Athlon XP 2.2 GHz
Memory: 256 Mb
Root Device: /dev/hdb5 (IDE)
Root Size/partition table:
Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 2482 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 1840 14779768+ c Win95 FAT32 (LBA) # Windows
/dev/hda2 1841 2482 5156865 f Win95 Ext'd (LBA) # Red Hat
/dev/hda5 1841 2462 4996183+ 83 Linux # /
/dev/hda6 2463 2465 24066 83 Linux # /boot
/dev/hda7 2466 2482 136521 82 Linux swap # swap
Disk /dev/hdb: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 9964 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hdb1 * 1 1305 10482381 a5 FreeBSD # FreeBSD
/dev/hdb2 1306 2552 10016527+ f Win95 Ext'd (LBA) # Sarge
/dev/hdb5 1306 2521 9767488+ 83 Linux # /
/dev/hdb6 2522 2552 248976 82 Linux swap # swap
Output of lspci and lspci -n:
00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 01e0 (rev c1)
00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 01ea (rev c1)
00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 01ee (rev c1)
00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 01ed (rev c1)
00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 01ec (rev c1)
00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 01ef (rev c1)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0060 (rev a4)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0064 (rev a2)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0067 (rev a4)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0067 (rev a4)
00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0068 (rev a4)
00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 006a (rev a1)
00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 006c (rev a3)
00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0065 (rev a2)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 01e8 (rev c1)
01:09.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] (rev 78)
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0185 (rev a4)
00:00.0 Class 0600: 10de:01e0 (rev c1)
00:00.1 Class 0500: 10de:01ea (rev c1)
00:00.2 Class 0500: 10de:01ee (rev c1)
00:00.3 Class 0500: 10de:01ed (rev c1)
00:00.4 Class 0500: 10de:01ec (rev c1)
00:00.5 Class 0500: 10de:01ef (rev c1)
00:01.0 Class 0601: 10de:0060 (rev a4)
00:01.1 Class 0c05: 10de:0064 (rev a2)
00:02.0 Class 0c03: 10de:0067 (rev a4)
00:02.1 Class 0c03: 10de:0067 (rev a4)
00:02.2 Class 0c03: 10de:0068 (rev a4)
00:06.0 Class 0401: 10de:006a (rev a1)
00:08.0 Class 0604: 10de:006c (rev a3)
00:09.0 Class 0101: 10de:0065 (rev a2)
00:1e.0 Class 0604: 10de:01e8 (rev c1)
01:09.0 Class 0200: 10b7:9200 (rev 78)
02:00.0 Class 0300: 10de:0185 (rev a4)
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Initial boot worked: [O]
Configure network HW: [O]
Config network: [O]
Detect CD: [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [O]
Create file systems: [O]
Mount partitions: [O]
Install base system: [O]
Install boot loader: [ ] I had GRUB already installed. The installer should *ask* if you
would like to install GRUB before.
Reboot: [O]
Comments/Problems:
The installation went ok. The problem is that the kernel doesn't boot. The messages are:
Cannot open root device "hdb5" or 03:45
Please append a correct "root=" boot option
Kernel Panic: VFS: unable to mount root fs on 03:45
The line I'm using to boot from GRUB is
kernel (hd1,4)/vmlinuz root=/dev/hdb5
The information above where I had to run a program was done on RedHat.
Two suggestions:
1) It would be nice to have an option in which the installer does the
partitioning (guided partitioning), but the user specifies the amount of
space he/she wants to dedicate to Debian (currently, either the installer
uses all the free space in the disk, or you have to partition yourself,
manually).
2) About the intalation of GRUB: I had GRUB already installed. In this
case, the installer is not very "polite". I had to abort the instalation
of GRUB, the installer issued one or two warnings, and then I was taken
back to the menu, without knowing if it was ok to skip the GRUB
instalation or if the instalation had been compromised in any way. As it
turned out it hadn't, but I got the feeling I was doing something wrong.
That I might be screwing up somehow.
But, of course, my main problem is the kernel panic.
TIA,
Thiago
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Closing the report as the problems were solved.
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