On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 10:39:50AM -0500, Erik Dykema wrote:
Package: initrd-tools
Severity: grave
Justification: renders system unusable
Attempting to install using new sarge installer.
Everything works mostly fine until the base system is being installed.
Apparantly mkinitrd has trouble with the cciss drive controller and /dev
filesystem, and fails, subsequently failing to install the kernel. Have
pasted ascii 'screenshots' and log information below.
Install failure screen:
+-------------------+ [!!] Install the base system +-------------------+
| Unable to install the selected kernel |
| An error was returned while trying to install the kernel into the |
| target system. |
| |
| Kernel package: 'kernel-image-2.4-386'. |
| |
| Check /var/log/messages or see virtual console 3 for the details. |
| |
| <Continue> |
| |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
from /var/log/messages:
/usr/sbin/mkinitrd: constituent device /dev/cciss/disc0/part1 does not exist
Failed to create initrd image.
dpkg: error processing kernel-image-2.4.24-1-386 (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of kernel-image-2.4-386:
kernel-image-2.4-386 depends on kernel-image-2.4.24-1-386; however:
Package kernel-image-2.4.24-1-386 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing kernel-image-2.4-386 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
kernel-image-2.4.24-1-386
kernel-image-2.4-386
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Please run mkinitrd by hand under sh -x.