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really apologize for not responding sooner.
> Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2013 06:08:13 -0400 > Subject: Re: Installer not reading preseed.cfg > From: tomh0665@gmail.com > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 5:43 PM, keshav prabhakar <kes333@hotmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> I just remembered, I'm using a linux 5 template ('Guest OS: Debian > >> GNU/Linux 5 (64-bit)') to install Debian 6. not sure if that's causing the > >> issue, somehow. (I'm using ESXi 4.0 server, which is quite old and it > >> doesn't support 'Debian GNU/Linux 6' as one of the templates). Let me try > >> with a Debian 5 ISO and see if the installer can find the disk. > > > > I was in fact (unknowingly) using a Debian 5 ISO over a 'Debian GNU/Linux 5 > > (64-bit)' template which was causing it not to get me into the shell on root > > partition file system. Now, with a debian-6.0.7-amd64-netinst.iso, I was > > able to get to shell on the root file system in rescue mode. > > > > Then I ran `update-initramfs -u -v` followed by `update-grub`. They both > > appear to run fine (without showing any errors) though I didn't understand > > much about why they needed to be run. Is there anything in the output that > > I should be looking for? > > > > I tried running the preseed file again after this but the installer stopped > > at the same place as before ("No root file system found"). > > > > perhaps, I should try recreating a new initramfs? (`update-initramfs -d` > > followed by `update-initramfs -c`)? > > I don't understand. Did you reboot into your install after rebuilding > the initramfs or did you re-install? > > Did you get "No root file system found" after rebuilding the initramfs > or after the re-install? > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAOdo=SyRvZhQFic7b2=cHh3Tzsm94kd-X0TVwKNuyeU+T3knMg@mail.gmail.com > |