Frans Pop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:On Thursday 21 December 2006 03:03, Dan
Oglesby wrote:
> Could you file one new installation report for the issue that you need
> to press enter 4 times to get the root floppy loaded so we can keep
> track of that? I think that is now the only issue remaining.
Let's investigate the issue below a bit further in this report, but I'd
still appreciate a new report for the issue above so we can reassign it
properly and don't have to wade through all the history in this one.
Done. I sent an email regarding the installation floppy switch issues a few
minutes ago.
> The install completes on the SS5-70, but will not successfully boot
> after install. It doesn't appear to load the esp module from the
> initfs, and cannot locate the root filesystem.
OK. Let's start with the basic questions:
- what are the last messages (10-15) on the console?
- do you get dropped into a debug shell on the failure?
- if so, please check:
- if the module is present in the initrd (ls /lib/modules/....)
- if the module is loaded (lsmod)
- if the module is listed in /etc/modules or in
/etc/initramfs-tools/modules or similar
- if the device is recognized at all (dmesg)
I'm confident the installation process is correct with regards to the module.
I verified that the disk I had in the SS5-70 would in fact boot with no
modifications in an SS5-170 and the SS20 systems I have at my disposal. All I
did was move the drive between the systems, and power up. All systems booted
to a prompt.
So, the SS5-70 system is not loading the esp module during boot from the initfs
for some reason. It does load and configure the esp module automatically
during the installation process.
I have the console up with a failed boot on the SS5-70. On the systems that
boot successfully (SS20 and SS5-170), I do see where the esp module is loaded
and the output it generates when the drives and SCSI devices are detected. I
do not see this output when I boot the SS5-70 system.
The only lines that appear to be error messages are the last four, which are:
VFS: Cannot open root device "sda2" or unknown-block(0,0)
Please append a correct "root=" boot option
Kernel panic - not syncing; VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0)
<0>Press Stop-A (L1-A) to return to the boot prom
Pressing L1-A does nothing, and I am not dropped to a debug shell, or see an
option at any time for a debug shell. The only way to reset the system is to
power cycle it at this point.
--Dan
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