This may be relevant to Debian too. I had (maybe still have) same problem with Debian etch instalation on IBM xSeries 346. I beleive this is a problem with initramfs-tools (there is a bug reported) and this should be fixed in next initarmfstools version in testing. After installation from daily build etch (a week ago) system wouldn't boot. Workaround is to compile kernel with scsi and avoid using initrd, or to use yaird for creating initrd image. 2006/5/4, Fawad Nazir <fawad.nazir@gmail.com>:
Hi All, I installing Ubuntu 5.10 with 2.6.16 kernel. Everything went well but when i restarted the kernel it gave me the: ALERT! /dev/sda1 does not exist. Dropping to a shell BusyBox v1.00-pre10 (Debian 20040623-1ubuntu22) Build-in shell (ash) Enter 'help' for a list of build-in command /bin/sh: can't access tty; job control turned off # I modified the /etc/mkinitramfs/modules, and now it looks like: (Also attached) sd_mod arcmsr scsi_mod dmesg mptspi The entry in /boot/grub/menu.lst is: (Also attached) title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.16 root (hd0,0) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.16 root=/dev/sda1 ro quiet splash initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.16 boot Also my /etc/mkinitramfs/initramfs.conf is attached. Please let know where/what i am doing wrong. I will be thankful... -- Fawad Nazir
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