Bug#386916: linux-image-2.6.17-2-686: can't boot up

["LI Daobing" <lidaobing@gmail.com>]

On 9/11/06, maximilian attems <maks@sternwelten.at> wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 11, 2006 at 09:13:07PM +0800, LI Daobing wrote:
> > On 9/11/06, maximilian attems <maks@sternwelten.at> wrote:
> > >On Mon, Sep 11, 2006 at 08:20:13PM +0800, LI Daobing wrote:
> > >> On 9/11/06, maximilian attems <maks@sternwelten.at> wrote:
> > >> >
> > >> >lsmod output, dmesg output for starting points.
> > >> in attachment(these log generated from 2.6.16 system)
> > >>
> > >> >
> > >> >what is the last message you are seeing.
> > >> "Begin: waiting for root filesystem... ..."
> > >
> > >hmm that is not much, if you copied or taken a shot of
> > >the last screen there might be more info
> > I think this kernel does not detect my harddisk. and it's really hard
> > to take a shot of the screen.
>
> it's not hard to copy more phrases of the screen
> or take a picture with an handy or any digicam.
>
>
> > >which version of initramfs-tools and udev do you use?
> > >dpkg -l initramfs-tools udev
> > ii  initramfs-tool 0.77b          tools for generating an initramfs
> > ii  udev           0.093-1        /dev/ and hotplug management daemon
>
> 0.78 is latest initramfs-tools in testing, update your box.
> you dont give a lot explanations on your trouble try to run and then
> reboot:
> update-initramfs -u
done

> > I got a initramfs shell and I don't know how to deal with it.
>
> i asked you the below output from the shell itself.
> what you post below is known and again useless.
> the info to debug that is there. so try again,
> from the initramfs debug shell:
>
> ls -l /dev/sda*
No such file or directory
only has hdb, it's cdrom
> grep piix /proc/modules
ata_piix 11556 0 - Live 0xf0890000
piix 9476 0 [permanent], Live 0xf0837000
libata 61420 1 ata_piix, Live 0xf087e000
ide_core 111016 4 ide_generic,ide_cd,piix,generic, Live 0xf0861000

> --
> maks


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LI Daobing