Bug#426607: Installer problem Toshiba Qosmio G25 Laptop
Package: installation-report / bug report
Boot method: <How did you boot the installer? CD? floppy? network?>
I used a "Netinstall" cd.
Image version: <Full URL to image you downloaded is best>
http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage Downloaded on 4/29/07 i386 version
Date: <Date and time of the install>
Started working on the install about 5/25/07
Machine: <Description of machine (eg, IBM Thinkpad R32)>
Toshiba Qosmio G25 laptop
Nvidea GeForce Go6600 video card
SoundMax integrated Digital Audio
Intel PRO/wireless 2915ABG
Toshiba software modem
Matshita IDE DVD R/W player UJ-845S Firmware=D100
Toshiba RAID 60 GB drives LD0 and LD1
Processor:
Intel Pentium M 2GHz
Memory:
1 GB
Partitions: <df -Tl will do; the raw partition table is preferred>
BusyBox doesn't support -Tl switches. Used df -m:
Filesystem 1M-blocks used available Use% Mounted on
udev 10 0 10 0% /dev
Note: Dual boot system Drive 1 (60 GB) widows XP Pro SP2. Drive 2 (60 GB)
s/b linux
Output of lspci -nn and lspci -vnn:
BusyBox doesn't support lspci
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Initial boot: [O ]
Detect network card: [O ]
Configure network: [O ]
Detect CD: [O ]
Load installer modules: [O ]
Detect hard drives: [O ]
Partition hard drives: [O ]
Install base system: [O ]
Clock/timezone setup: [O ]
User/password setup: [O ]
Install tasks: [E ]
Install boot loader: [O ]
Overall install: [E ]
Comments/Problems:
On the first pass, the "Install tasks" seemed to work OK but exited with
an error. I re-ran the "Install tasks" . It downloaded another 70 files,
installed them and exited OK. Possibly dependency problems? Not serious.
The overall install seemed to work OK but on reboot hung up at the
following point:
Begin: Waiting for root file system (Hung for about 5 minutes)
Done.
ALERT! /dev/sdb1 does not exist. Dropping to a shell!
Check your root= boot argument (cat /proc/cmdline) [Which gave:
root = /dev/sdb1 ro]
Check for missing modules (cat /proc/modules, or device files (ls /dev)
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[(cat /proc/modules) gives:
ide_generic 1408 0 [permanent], Live 0xf887e000
ide_cd 36034 0 - Live0xf891a000
cdrom 32544 1 ide_cd, Live 0xf8925000
ahci 17636 0 - Live 0xf88fr000
generic 5476 0 [permanent], Live x0f881a000
ohci1394 30800 0- Live 0xf88eb00
ieee1394 86904 1 ohci1394, Live 0xf88fb000
e100 32232 0 - Live 0xf88d7000
mii 5344 1 e100, Live 0xf8880000
ehci_hcd 28136 0 - Live 0xf8889000
ata_piix 13576 0 - Live 0xf8820000
libata 89396 2 ahci, libata, Live 0xf88c0000
scsi_mod 124168 2 ahci, libata, Live x0f88a0000
piix 9444 0 [permanent], Live 0xf8825000
ide_core 110504 4 ide_generic, ide_cd, generic, piix, Live 0xf883f000
uhci_hcd 21164 0 - Live 0xf8838000
usbcore 112644 3 ehci_hcd, uhci_hcd, Live 0xf885b000
thermal 13608 0 - Live 0xf8833000
processor 28840 1 thermal, Live 0xf882a000
fan 4804 0 - Live 0xf881d000
(ls /dev) gives:
bus, cdrw,console, disk, dvd,dvdrw, full. hda, hpet, input,kmem. kmsg,
mem, nul, port, psaux, ptmx, ptyp ... ,tty ..., urandom, usbdevx.x_epxx
...,
vcs ..., zero]
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BusyBox v1.1.3 (Debian 1:1.1.3-4) Built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.
/bin/sh: can't access tty; job control turned off
(initramfs)
I have never gotten beyond this point. /root doesn't seem to exist.
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Note: A warning note in the instructions for us idiots that haven't
burned an .iso disk for a long time might help. I recreated the .iso the
first try.
A warning that there is not support for the wireless LAN system (Intel
PRO/wireless 2915ABG) and/or that a hardwire LAN hookup is advised.
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Grub works OK, WinXP works OK
Pretty slick until the end. Help!!!
Gary Roach
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