Re: [arch-general] Thinkpad 770 - Init exists but couldn't execute it (error -26)

2016-04-14 Thread Pedro A . López-Valencia
On mié, 2016-04-13 at 22:22 -0400, Serge Hooge wrote: > Just an update, I got the RAM changed with the brand new sticks, but > the problem persisted. > > Seems to be an issue with systemd-based distros, because I managed to > get Devuan, FreeBSD and Slackware booted, while modern Debian crashed >

Re: [arch-general] Thinkpad 770 - Init exists but couldn't execute it (error -26)

2016-04-13 Thread Serge Hooge
Just an update, I got the RAM changed with the brand new sticks, but the problem persisted. Seems to be an issue with systemd-based distros, because I managed to get Devuan, FreeBSD and Slackware booted, while modern Debian crashed on me with the same result as Arch. Not sure if downloading a ne

Re: [arch-general] Thinkpad 770 - Init exists but couldn't execute it (error -26)

2016-04-11 Thread Serge Hooge
Alright, I'll tackle those one-by-one. Jens Adam wrote: > ... to get the most obvious question out of the way: > > What's the exact processor type? > And do other i686-type distributions work okay? It's a Pentium II, i686-compatible. I've seen multiple reports of various distros working a-okay o

Re: [arch-general] Thinkpad 770 - Init exists but couldn't execute it (error -26)

2016-04-11 Thread Guus Snijders
Op 11 apr. 2016 23:17 schreef "Guus Snijders" : > > Op 10 apr. 2016 21:32 schreef "Serge Hooge" : > [...] > > I recently became an owner of a Thinkpad 770, which rather ancient by > > modern standards and decided to give it a spark of fresh life by > > installing Arch on it. > > > > The CD boots ok

Re: [arch-general] Thinkpad 770 - Init exists but couldn't execute it (error -26)

2016-04-11 Thread Guus Snijders
Op 10 apr. 2016 21:32 schreef "Serge Hooge" : > > I apologize for crossposting from the forum, but I am not getting any > replies there so far. > > I recently became an owner of a Thinkpad 770, which rather ancient by > modern standards and decided to give it a spark of fresh life by > installing A

Re: [arch-general] Thinkpad 770 - Init exists but couldn't execute it (error -26)

2016-04-11 Thread Jens Adam
... to get the most obvious question out of the way: What's the exact processor type? And do other i686-type distributions work okay? (What's the minimum spec anyway nowadays, still CMOV? SSE?) --byte pgp8m8O6Jp2pN.pgp Description: Digitale Signatur von OpenPGP

Re: [arch-general] Thinkpad 770 - Init exists but couldn't execute it (error -26)

2016-04-11 Thread Serge Hooge
> * reboot with the CD > * adjust /etc/mkinitcpio.conf > The HOOK line looks at me like the following: > HOOKS="base udev modconf block filesystems keyboard fsck resume" > Try to remove 'autodetect'; it may strip modules that are needed by > accident; 'resume' is necessary for s2disk. > * re-creat

Re: [arch-general] Thinkpad 770 - Init exists but couldn't execute it (error -26)

2016-04-10 Thread Elmar Stellnberger
Am 2016-04-10 um 21:29 schrieb Serge Hooge: The CD boots okay, but when I try to actually boot x86 Arch, it Kernel Panics with the subject title. It tries /bin/init, /sbin/init and /bin/sh, failing with the same message for all of them. Some searching shows that ERRNO 26 is for a busy file, but I

[arch-general] Thinkpad 770 - Init exists but couldn't execute it (error -26)

2016-04-10 Thread Serge Hooge
I apologize for crossposting from the forum, but I am not getting any replies there so far. I recently became an owner of a Thinkpad 770, which rather ancient by modern standards and decided to give it a spark of fresh life by installing Arch on it. The CD boots okay, but when I try to actually b