Re: installation failed

[Jeroen Diederen <jjhdiederen@zonnet.nl>]

I chrooted into the newly installed system and downgraded the kernel to 
2.6.39-bpo.2-powerpc. I could then get into my system without any kernel 
module errors.

The problem seems to be linux-image-3.0.0-1-powerpc (3.0.0-3)

Regards,
Jeroen Diederen
http://mintppc.org

On 09/04/2011 04:58 PM, Jeroen Diederen wrote:
> I used the latest netboot image:
> http://d-i.debian.org/daily-images/powerpc/daily/powerpc/netboot/mini.iso
>
> I tried to install a base system. Installation went fine, yaboot 
> installed ok too. At reboot I am thrown into a busybox shell. The 
> error messages I get are:
>
> Gave up waiting for a root device. Common problems:
>  - Boot args (cat /proc/cmdline)
>    - Check rootdelay= (did the system wait long enough?)
>    - Check root= (did the system wait for the right device?)
>  - Missing modules (cat /proc/modules; ls /dev)
> ALERT!  /dev/disk/by-uuid/long-number does not exist. Dropping to a 
> shell!
> FATAL: Error inserting i8042 
> (/lib/modules/3.0.0-1-powerpc/kernel/drivers/input/serio/i8042.ko): No 
> such device
> FATAL: Error inserting atkbd 
> (/lib/modules/3.0.0-1-powerpc/kernel/drivers/input/keyboard/atkbd.ko): 
> No such device
>
> It has nothing to do with yaboot as I also installed on another 
> computer where I skipped yaboot installation (I had yaboot working 
> fine). I get the same errors on that machine. It seems it has 
> something to do with some kernel modules.
>
> Regards
> Jeroen Diederen
> http://mintppc.org