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Bug#289366: debian installer problem



On Sat, Jan 08, 2005 at 06:11:34PM +0000, brunoqueiros@portugalmail.com wrote:
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> Output of lspci and lspci -n:
When the computer boots, please provide the output of

   ( lspci ; lspci -n ) | sort

> Base System Installation Checklist:
> [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
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> Comments/Problems:
> After install the laptop reboots and i get the following error :
> pivot_root No such file or dir.
> /sbin/init: 426 cannot open dev/console :
> no such file) Kernel panic.!,
> can't do nothing, cant get a shell,
> i installed on a desktop and it ran fine,
> how can i fix this if i can't get a shell ??

I think the kernel needs to be told to use the laptop video the right
way. You can do that by appending vgamode=...

But I don't know the details for doing so.

HTH
Geert Stappers

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