Bug#433560: will not boot
Package: installation-reports
Boot method: CD
Image version: 3.1 r3 Official
Date: 17 July/2007
Machine: Toshiba Satellite A70
Processor:x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 9
GenuineIntel ~3066 Mhz (2 installed)
Memory:512 mb
Partitions: 37gb NTFS, 37gb free space
Output of lspci -nn and lspci -vnn: ??
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] =
didn't try it
Initial boot: [O] CD
Detect network card: [E]
Configure network: [ ]
Detect CD: [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [O]
Install base system: [O]
Clock/timezone setup: [ ]
User/password setup: [ ]
Install tasks: [O]
Install boot loader: [O]
Overall install: [E]
Comments/Problems:This is my ~20th attempt to install
Debian. This is my best result.
"Segmentation fault
<6>Journalled Block Device driver loaded
pivot_root: No such file or directory
/sbin/init: 432: cannot open dev/console: no such
file
Kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
_ "
Those are the last 6 lines on a screen full of
numbers.
These last few times I've tried for dual boot, and I
am able to select and boot XP.
Generally, the install seems good(I am not yet
concerned about networks), though there seems to be an
instability in that not all of my attempts have been
identical. Sometimes I do not see the free space in
the partitioning options, and I vaguely remember being
asked for a time zone in one of the attempts.
I am determined to leave the MS world, and if I am
advised to buy another Linux CD, I will. However, I
have so far paid $ for 5 distros(2 of them Debian) and
the only one to work so far is DSL on a mini CD.
Please advise.
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