[64studio-devel] 64studio 1.4.0 not booting properly after installing from a cd

[Tuukka Jääskeläinen]

cat /proc/cmdline
root=3D/dev/sdb1 ro vga=3D791 splash=3Dsilent

ls /dev/hd*
/dev/hde

ls /dev/sd*
/dev/sda /dev/sda1 /dev/sdb

cat /proc/modules
raid10 28544 0 - Live 0xffffffff8813d000
raid456 128288 0 - Live 0xffffffff8811c000
xor 10768 1 raid 456, Live 0xffffffff88118000
raid1 28800 0 - Live 0xffffffff8810f000
raid0 12800 0 - Live 0xffffffff8810a000
multipath 14720 0 - Live 0xffffffff88105000
linear 10880 0 - Live 0xffffffff88101000
md_mod 85148 6 raid10,raid456,raid1,raid0,multipath,linear, Live
0xffffffff880eb000
ide_cd 45600 0 - Live 0xffffffff880de000
cdrom 40744 1 ide_cd, Live 0xffffffff880d3000
sd_mod 27136 1 - Live 0xffffffff880cb000
generic 10884 0 [permanent], Live 0xffffffff880c7000
piix 16388 0 [permanent], Live 0xffffffff880c1000
ata_generic 14340 0 - Live 0xffffffff880bc000
ata_piix 20740 1 - Live 0xffffffff880b5000
libata 126496 2 ata_generic,ata_piix, Live 0xffffffff88095000
it821x 13828 0 [permanent], Live 0xffffffff8808e000
ide_core 162304 4 ide_cd,generic,piix,it821x, Live 0xffffffff88065000
ehci_hcd 38540 0 - Live 0xffffffff88058000
scsi_mod 163768 2 sd_mod,libata, Live 0xffffffff8802c000
uhci_hcd 30368 0 - Live 0xffffffff88021000
thermal 20880 0 - Live 0xffffffff8801a000
processor 40552 1 thermal, Live 0xffffffff8800f000
fan 10504 0 - Live 0xffffffff800b000
vga16fb 17432 0 - Live 0xffffffff88005000
vgastate 12800 1 vga16fb, Live 0xffffffff88000000

There's all I got, hope it helps. Took me a while to write it all down. :)


>
> 2007/7/5, Free Ekanayaka < free at 64studio.com>:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > |--==> Tuukka Jääskeläinen writes:
> >
> >   TJ> Oh yeah, forgot to mention. I did burn the master iso and
> > installed it and
> >   TJ> it installed well, but still the same problem.
> >
> > Thanks for having tested that, do get the very same message? like
> >
> > ---
> > Begin: Waiting for root file system... ...
> > Done.
> >          Check root= bootarg cat /proc/cmdline
> >          or missing modules, devices: cat /proc/modules ls /dev
> > ALERT! /dev/sdb1 does not exist. Dropping to a shell!
> >
> > What did I do wrong?
> > ---
> >
> > Unfortunately the only way to debug this is through low level
> > commands. Please could you boot again and wait till the system drops
> > you in the shell?
> >
> > Then please paste here the output of these commands:
> >
> > cat /proc/cmdline
> > ls /dev/hd*
> > ls /dev/sd*
> > cat /proc/modules
> >
> > If they are to long to copy by hand you can also take a picture of the
> > screen and send it to me off-list.
> >
> > Ciao!
> >
> > Free
> >
> >   TJ> 2007/7/4, Tuukka Jääskeläinen < tuukka.j at gmail.com>:
> >   >>
> >   >>Oh I forgot to mention my hardware:
> >   >>
> >   >>Intel Core2Duo E6400
> >   >>Asus P5LD2
> >   >>1GB Kingston DDR2 667mhz
> >   >>
> >   >>So you suggest it has something to do with the motherboard? Is the
> > next
> >   >>step buying a new one if I want it to work, or can I do something to
> > fix
> >   >>this problem?
> >   >>
> >   >>
> >   >>
> >   >>2007/7/4, Daniel James < daniel at 64studio.com>:
> >   >>>
> >   >>> Hi Free,
> >   >>>
> >   >>> > What happens is that if you load certain kernel PATA modules the
> > name
> >   >>> > of the associated /dev/ files are changed from hdXX to sdXX,
> > making
> >   >>> > initrd fail (the root device name is set in GRUB's menu.lst and
> > should
> >   >>> > be not changed at boot time).
> >   >>> >
> >   >>> > What we did with kernel 2.6.19 was to exclude these modules from
> > the
> >   >>> > config (which is the same debian does), but it could be that in
> > kernel
> >   >>>
> >   >>> > 2.6.21 more of these PATA modules have been introduced
> >   >>>
> >   >>> That seems unlikely, I think it's probably a different bug with
> > the same
> >   >>> symptom.
> >   >>>
> >   >>> I believe Tuukka's problem could be due to the fact he is using an
> > ASUS
> >   >>> motherboard with two SATA discs:
> >   >>>
> >   >>> http://uwsg.ucs.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0702.1/1398.html
> >
> >   >>>
> >   >>> It would be really helpful if Tuukka could test the master iso and
> >   >>> confirm if it now works with kernel 2.6.21.
> >   >>>
> >   >>> Cheers!
> >   >>>
> >   >>> Daniel
> >   >>>
> >   >>>
> >   >>
> >   >>
> >   >>--
> >   >>- Tuukka J. / 50% of Tripteaser / 50% of Solarians
> >   >>
> >
>
>
>
> --
> - Tuukka J. / 50% of Tripteaser / 50% of Solarians
>



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- Tuukka J. / 50% of Tripteaser / 50% of Solarians
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