Re: Linux-image-2.6.25 won't boot - target filesystem error

2008-07-11 Thread Michelle Konzack
Hello Jochen, Am 2008-07-09 01:36:10, schrieb Jochen Antesberger: > The device naming was changed. Instead of /dev/hda you've got /dev/sda > now. To make it boot you'll have to adjust menu.lst to give the kernel the > right argument for the boot partition. Also you'll have to change the > entries

Re: Linux-image-2.6.25 won't boot - target filesystem error

2008-07-08 Thread Jochen Antesberger
Am Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:00:46 +0200 schrieb Michelle Konzack: > Hello Anthony, > > Am 2008-06-30 10:14:02, schrieb Anthony Campbell: >> I just installed linux-image-2.6.25-2 from Sid. Boot fails with a >> mwwage: >> >> "target filesystem doesn'

Re: Linux-image-2.6.25 won't boot - target filesystem error

2008-07-08 Thread Michelle Konzack
Hello Anthony, Am 2008-06-30 10:14:02, schrieb Anthony Campbell: > I just installed linux-image-2.6.25-2 from Sid. Boot fails with a > mwwage: > > "target filesystem doesn't have bootarg" > > This is followed by: > "/bin/sh: can't access tty;

Re: Linux-image-2.6.25 won't boot - target filesystem error -SOLVED

2008-07-05 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Wed, Jul 02, 2008 at 10:36:33AM +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote: > On 02 Jul 2008, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > On 02 Jul 2008, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > > On Wed, Jul 02, 2008 at 08:46:53AM +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > > > > > > Sorry, I hadn't read the e2label line properly. But I don't t

Re: Linux-image-2.6.25 won't boot - target filesystem error -SOLVED

2008-07-02 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 02 Jul 2008, Anthony Campbell wrote: > On 02 Jul 2008, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 02, 2008 at 08:46:53AM +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > > > > Sorry, I hadn't read the e2label line properly. But I don't think it > > > would affect the issue I encountered here, which was a change

Re: Linux-image-2.6.25 won't boot - target filesystem error -SOLVED

2008-07-02 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 02 Jul 2008, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Wed, Jul 02, 2008 at 08:46:53AM +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > > Sorry, I hadn't read the e2label line properly. But I don't think it > > would affect the issue I encountered here, which was a change in the > > actual partition referred to. The label

Re: Linux-image-2.6.25 won't boot - target filesystem error -SOLVED

2008-07-02 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 02 Jul 2008, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Wed, Jul 02, 2008 at 09:09:00AM +0100, Wackojacko wrote: > > > I think you should be asking yourself how the old kernel boots with hdb9. > > Grub numbering system starts from 0 so hd(0,0) is hda1 and hda(1,9) is > > hdb10 etc. Are you sure you don't h

Re: Linux-image-2.6.25 won't boot - target filesystem error -SOLVED

2008-07-02 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Wed, Jul 02, 2008 at 09:09:00AM +0100, Wackojacko wrote: > I think you should be asking yourself how the old kernel boots with hdb9. > Grub numbering system starts from 0 so hd(0,0) is hda1 and hda(1,9) is > hdb10 etc. Are you sure you don't have another debian/linux install on > hdb9 :).

Re: Linux-image-2.6.25 won't boot - target filesystem error -SOLVED

2008-07-02 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Wed, Jul 02, 2008 at 10:37:19AM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Tue, Jul 01, 2008 at 03:40:12PM -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > > > and did you use a vga= parm? And did that work? > > $ dmesg | grep vga\=791 > [0.00] Kernel command line: root=LABEL=sid ro vga=791 > > $ uname -a > L

Re: Linux-image-2.6.25 won't boot - target filesystem error -SOLVED

2008-07-02 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Wed, Jul 02, 2008 at 08:46:53AM +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote: > Sorry, I hadn't read the e2label line properly. But I don't think it > would affect the issue I encountered here, which was a change in the > actual partition referred to. The label would still be referring to > the wrong partiti

Re: Linux-image-2.6.25 won't boot - target filesystem error -SOLVED

2008-07-02 Thread Wackojacko
Anthony Campbell wrote: On 02 Jul 2008, Bob Cox wrote: On Wed, Jul 02, 2008 at 07:51:20 +0100, Anthony Campbell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: I don't understand label in this context. Where is it set? This was explained by Florian Kulzer earlier in this thread. (It was such a good explanation

Re: Linux-image-2.6.25 won't boot - target filesystem error -SOLVED

2008-07-02 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 02 Jul 2008, Bob Cox wrote: > On Wed, Jul 02, 2008 at 07:51:20 +0100, Anthony Campbell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote: > > > I don't understand label in this context. Where is it set? > > This was explained by Florian Kulzer earlier in this thread. (It was > such a good explanation I kept it

Re: Linux-image-2.6.25 won't boot - target filesystem error -SOLVED

2008-07-02 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Tue, Jul 01, 2008 at 03:40:12PM -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > and did you use a vga= parm? And did that work? $ dmesg | grep vga\=791 [0.00] Kernel command line: root=LABEL=sid ro vga=791 $ uname -a Linux think 2.6.25-2-686 #1 SMP Thu Jun 12 16:26:30 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux Regard

Re: Linux-image-2.6.25 won't boot - target filesystem error -SOLVED

2008-07-02 Thread Bob Cox
On Wed, Jul 02, 2008 at 07:51:20 +0100, Anthony Campbell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I don't understand label in this context. Where is it set? This was explained by Florian Kulzer earlier in this thread. (It was such a good explanation I kept it for future reference!) On Mon, Jun 30, 2008

Re: Linux-image-2.6.25 won't boot - target filesystem error -SOLVED

2008-07-01 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 01 Jul 2008, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Tue, Jul 01, 2008 at 10:02:39AM +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > > Well, I finally found the answer but it's very odd. I don't think it > > should work but it does. I put the "wrong" root entry in > > /boot/grub/menu.lst. All previous kernels have had

Re: Linux-image-2.6.25 won't boot - target filesystem error -SOLVED

2008-07-01 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Tue, Jul 01, 2008 at 10:02:39AM +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote: > Well, I finally found the answer but it's very odd. I don't think it > should work but it does. I put the "wrong" root entry in > /boot/grub/menu.lst. All previous kernels have had /dev/hdb9 but this > kernel seems to need /dev/h

Re: Linux-image-2.6.25 won't boot - target filesystem error -SOLVED

2008-07-01 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 01 Jul 2008, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Anthony Campbell wrote: >> On 30 Jun 2008, Andrei Popescu wrote: >>> On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 03:28:10PM +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote: >>> > Uh-oh, speaking of initrds: I forgot that in my previous message; you > should probably rebuild it if you cha

Re: Linux-image-2.6.25 won't boot - target filesystem error -SOLVED

2008-07-01 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Anthony Campbell wrote: On 30 Jun 2008, Andrei Popescu wrote: On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 03:28:10PM +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote: Uh-oh, speaking of initrds: I forgot that in my previous message; you should probably rebuild it if you change your fstab to labels or UUIDs. How do you do that? I c

Re: Linux-image-2.6.25 won't boot - target filesystem error -SOLVED

2008-07-01 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 30 Jun 2008, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 03:28:10PM +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > > > Uh-oh, speaking of initrds: I forgot that in my previous message; you > > > should probably rebuild it if you change your fstab to labels or UUIDs. > > > > How do you do that? I chang

Re: Linux-image-2.6.25 won't boot - target filesystem error

2008-06-30 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 03:28:10PM +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > Uh-oh, speaking of initrds: I forgot that in my previous message; you > > should probably rebuild it if you change your fstab to labels or UUIDs. > > How do you do that? I changed to UUID and I got the same message with > 2.6.2

Re: Linux-image-2.6.25 won't boot - target filesystem error

2008-06-30 Thread Florian Kulzer
+0100, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > > > > I just installed linux-image-2.6.25-2 from Sid. Boot fails with a > > > > > mwwage: > > > > > > > > > > "target filesystem doesn't have bootarg" > > > > > > > &g

Re: Linux-image-2.6.25 won't boot - target filesystem error

2008-06-30 Thread Anthony Campbell
-2 from Sid. Boot fails with a > > > > mwwage: > > > > > > > > "target filesystem doesn't have bootarg" > > > > > > > > This is followed by: > > > > "/bin/sh: can't access tty; job control turned off&qu

Re: Linux-image-2.6.25 won't boot - target filesystem error

2008-06-30 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 13:45:44 +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote: > On 30 Jun 2008, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 10:14:02AM +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > > I just installed linux-image-2.6.25-2 from Sid. Boot fails with a > > > mwwage: >

Re: Linux-image-2.6.25 won't boot - target filesystem error

2008-06-30 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 30 Jun 2008, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 10:14:02AM +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > I just installed linux-image-2.6.25-2 from Sid. Boot fails with a > > mwwage: > > > > "target filesystem doesn't have bootarg" > > >

Re: Linux-image-2.6.25 won't boot - target filesystem error

2008-06-30 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 10:14:02AM +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote: > I just installed linux-image-2.6.25-2 from Sid. Boot fails with a > mwwage: > > "target filesystem doesn't have bootarg" > > This is followed by: > "/bin/sh: can't access tty; j

Re: Linux-image-2.6.25 won't boot - target filesystem error

2008-06-30 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 10:50:03 +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote: > On 30 Jun 2008, Daniel Dalton wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 10:14:02AM +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > > > > I just installed linux-image-2.6.25-2 from Sid. Boot fails with a > > > mwwage

Re: Linux-image-2.6.25 won't boot - target filesystem error

2008-06-30 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 30 Jun 2008, Daniel Dalton wrote: > On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 10:50:03AM +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > > On 30 Jun 2008, Daniel Dalton wrote: > > No error messages. I do get: > > aetting up linux-image-2.6.25-2-amd64 (2.6.25-6) ... > > Running depmod. > > Finding valid ramdisk cr

Re: Linux-image-2.6.25 won't boot - target filesystem error

2008-06-30 Thread Daniel Dalton
On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 10:50:03AM +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote: > On 30 Jun 2008, Daniel Dalton wrote: > No error messages. I do get: > aetting up linux-image-2.6.25-2-amd64 (2.6.25-6) ... > Running depmod. > Finding valid ramdisk creators. should be fine > The kernel is corr

Re: Linux-image-2.6.25 won't boot - target filesystem error

2008-06-30 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 30 Jun 2008, Daniel Dalton wrote: > On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 10:14:02AM +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > > I just installed linux-image-2.6.25-2 from Sid. Boot fails with a > > mwwage: > > > > "target filesystem doesn't have bootarg" > >

Re: Linux-image-2.6.25 won't boot - target filesystem error

2008-06-30 Thread Daniel Dalton
On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 10:14:02AM +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote: > I just installed linux-image-2.6.25-2 from Sid. Boot fails with a > mwwage: > > "target filesystem doesn't have bootarg" > > This is followed by: > "/bin/sh: can't access tty; jo

Linux-image-2.6.25 won't boot - target filesystem error

2008-06-30 Thread Anthony Campbell
I just installed linux-image-2.6.25-2 from Sid. Boot fails with a mwwage: "target filesystem doesn't have bootarg" This is followed by: "/bin/sh: can't access tty; job control turned off" 2.6.23 still boots normally. Google shows a number of people with similar

Re: Target filesystem doesnt have /sbin/init

2006-08-25 Thread Joost Kraaijeveld
Hi, I have the same problem using Etch AMD64 (updated with all the latest versions as of this morning, ) , booting with Grub. I have read Bob's mail but I do not understand his solution. Bob, or anyone else, could you explain your solution a bit more? Maybe annotate the excerpt/file below? Excer

Re: Target filesystem doesnt have /sbin/init

2006-08-01 Thread Bob McGowan
ev/root on /root failed No such device Begin Running /scripts/local-bottom Done Done Begin running /scripts/init-bottom mount: mounting /root/dev/ on /dev.static/dev/ failed No such file or device mount: mounting /sys on /root/sys failed no such file or device Target filesystem doesnt have /sbin/ini

Re: Target filesystem doesnt have /sbin/init

2006-08-01 Thread Brent Clark
shell wrote: Looks like script init in initrd.img can't mount root fs in ur system. The init script will get root= in boot param as root. So check if u get right param when boot up kernel. BTW, If I'm right, local script will wait for 1800s before root device setup, did u really wait so long?

Re: Target filesystem doesnt have /sbin/init

2006-08-01 Thread shell
/scripts/local-bottom Done Done Begin running /scripts/init-bottom mount: mounting /root/dev/ on /dev.static/dev/ failed No such file or device mount: mounting /sys on /root/sys failed no such file or device Target filesystem doesnt have /sbin/init My question is, when on reinstalling debian and

Re: Target filesystem doesnt have /sbin/init

2006-08-01 Thread Brent Clark
shell wrote: Can u tell us how ur /boot/grub/menu.lst set? Most importent is boot param, esp boot= & root=. Did u regenerted initrd.img? Hi Thanks for replying. I use Lilo and I did not regenerted initrd.img. But if im not mistaken by apt-getting the linux-image package it does it doe you

Re: Target filesystem doesnt have /sbin/init

2006-08-01 Thread shell
/scripts/local-bottom Done Done Begin running /scripts/init-bottom mount: mounting /root/dev/ on /dev.static/dev/ failed No such file or device mount: mounting /sys on /root/sys failed no such file or device Target filesystem doesnt have /sbin/init My question is, when on reinstalling debian and

Target filesystem doesnt have /sbin/init

2006-08-01 Thread Brent Clark
Done Done Begin running /scripts/init-bottom mount: mounting /root/dev/ on /dev.static/dev/ failed No such file or device mount: mounting /sys on /root/sys failed no such file or device Target filesystem doesnt have /sbin/init My question is, when on reinstalling debian and installing 2.6.17 and

Re: Target filesystem

2006-06-09 Thread Olafur Jens Sigurdsson
Þann 2006-06-09, 13:33:12 (+0100) skrifaði Digby Tarvin: > Looks more like a problem with booting to the wrong filesystem. We > probably need to know what the first few error messages were rather > that the final result. Have you changed to boot config recently? > What is the kernel command line?

Re: Target filesystem

2006-06-09 Thread Digby Tarvin
On Fri, Jun 09, 2006 at 09:04:39AM -0400, Brent Clark wrote: > Jon Dowland wrote: > > >At 1149839151 past the epoch, Brent Clark wrote: > > > >>I seem to be experiencing problems booting up (Thank goodness for Knoppix) > >> > >>There are a host of er

Re: Target filesystem

2006-06-09 Thread Brent Clark
Jon Dowland wrote: At 1149839151 past the epoch, Brent Clark wrote: I seem to be experiencing problems booting up (Thank goodness for Knoppix) There are a host of errors, but the end message is: Target filesystem doesn't have /sbin/init /bin/sh: can't access tty; job control

Re: Target filesystem

2006-06-09 Thread Jon Dowland
At 1149839151 past the epoch, Brent Clark wrote: > I seem to be experiencing problems booting up (Thank goodness for Knoppix) > > There are a host of errors, but the end message is: > > Target filesystem doesn't have /sbin/init > /bin/sh: can't access tty; job contro

Target filesystem

2006-06-09 Thread Brent Clark
Hey all I seem to be experiencing problems booting up (Thank goodness for Knoppix) There are a host of errors, but the end message is: Target filesystem doesn't have /sbin/init /bin/sh: can't access tty; job control turned off From googling this seems a common problem. Would anyon