kernel panic: lennyb2 netinst i386 cd
I get an kernel panic while trying to load the lenny beta 2 netinst
install cd, some in #debian thought it might be a debian-boot related bug.
> cannot open root device "<NULL>" or unknown-block(8,1)
> please append a correct "root=" boot option; here are the available
partitions:
> Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on
unknown-block(8,1)
The default syslinux configuration has 4 boot parameters;
the linux image's location, priority, vga and initrd location. The
system hangs after hitting "ready" after 'successfully' loading initrd,
a bunch of lines go past, and then the system tries to load ramdisk,
fails and gives the above error.
I tried /dev/ram as a 'root' device, this gave a similar error
(unknown-block(1,0) instead)
To reiterate, this is before any of the 'text' based install programs
even load from the netinst i386 cd. I doublechecked the cd is in good
shape. I also tried all of the install options, from expert to
installgui, same result(although the gui options just give a blank screen).
The system is an old toshiba satellite 4090xdvd laptop.
Is this truly a bug? If not what further steps should I be looking at
to ensure this laptop can at least have debian installed on it? It's
late maybe I missed a (RT)FM somewhere...
jeff cliff
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