On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 15:48:55 +0100 (CET) Andreas Tille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Mar 2005, Mike Hommey wrote: > > > On Thu, Mar 10, 2005 at 03:10:12PM +0100, Andreas Tille > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> ERROR: Removing 'trm290': Device or resource busy > >> ERROR: Removing 'vis82cxxx': Device or resource busy > >> pivot_root: No such file or directory > >> /sbin/init: 432: cannot open dev/console: No such file > >> Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempt to kill init! > > > > Let me guess... you are using devfs in 2.4, and /dev is empty if > > devfs is not mounted. > Sorry, I did nothing but installing Debian from scratch and installing > several kernel-image-2.6.x packages afterwards. I did no fiddling > around with devfs whatever (to be honest I do not even have an idea > why I should if everything would work fine). > > The only hint Google was able to reveal was a broken initrd which is > not able to handle SATA - but as I said, I tried to disable SATA for > exactly this reason (perhaps I failed but this does not explain why > 2.4.x works). Which version of the Debian-Installer did you use? We had similar symptoms on a new Dell recently at work and had to grab the latest daily build to get a working version. I can check on the exact date of the daily build we used, if you want. HTH, Jacob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
