Bug#278720: kernel-image-2.6.8-1-686: Fails to boot on Dell PowerEdge server
Package: kernel-image-2.6.8-1-686
Severity: critical
Justification: breaks the whole system
The prebuilt kernel image fails to boot on our Dell PowerEdge 2650 servers.
The error we get is /dev/console not found and init failed.
Infact, I tried a fresh install using the debian-installer CD, and
things went fine till the partition step, where the installer aborted
saying:
No partitionable media found. Please check that a hard disk is attached
to this machine.
Note that this was with the linux26 option -- with the linux24 option,
the install goes fine and the system boots okay. After that I
installed the latest kernel-image-2.6.8 and it also failed to boot,
so I'm guessing there is some issue with the Debian patches/config
options to 2.6.8.
Here are some more details:
$ uname -a
Linux gamp.ucsd.edu 2.6.8.1-xen0 #2 Mon Oct 25 12:20:13 PDT 2004 i686
GNU/Linux
(right now we're running a Xen enabled 2.6.8 kernel)
$ lspci
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: ServerWorks CNB20HE Host Bridge (rev 23)
0000:00:00.1 Host bridge: ServerWorks CNB20HE Host Bridge (rev 01)
0000:00:00.2 Host bridge: ServerWorks CNB20HE Host Bridge (rev 01)
0000:00:00.3 Host bridge: ServerWorks CNB20HE Host Bridge (rev 01)
0000:00:01.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro
100] (rev 08)
0000:00:02.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro
100] (rev 08)
0000:00:03.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage XL
(rev 27)
0000:00:0f.0 ISA bridge: ServerWorks OSB4 South Bridge (rev 50)
0000:00:0f.1 IDE interface: ServerWorks OSB4 IDE Controller
0000:00:0f.2 USB Controller: ServerWorks OSB4/CSB5 OHCI USB Controller
(rev 04)
0000:01:04.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82544EI Gigabit Ethernet
Controller (Copper) (rev 02)0000:02:05.0 SCSI storage controller:
Adaptec AIC-7899P U160/m (rev 01)
0000:02:05.1 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AIC-7899P U160/m (rev 01)
Storage devices:
AIC-7899 Adaptec SCSI controller on SCSI ID #7
Seagate ST336753LC on SCSI ID #0
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-1-686-smp
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
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