[email protected] (Ludovic Courtès) writes: > th3kent <[email protected]> skribis: >> [email protected] (Ludovic Courtès) writes: >>> [...] >>> Could you post your OS config? >> (initrd (lambda (file-systems . rest) >> (apply base-initrd file-systems >> #:extra-modules '("pata_acpi.ko" "pata_atiixp.ko") >> rest))) > > This may be the culprit. First, it’s not needed, because 0.8 already > included these two modules by default. Second, 0.8 would fail when > trying to load the same module twice, which is exactly what would happen > here (this is fixed in ‘master’, around commit 0e704a2.) > > Could you try to remove these ‘initrd’ lines and try again?
i deleted the lines for "initrd" and the installation completed successfully on first attempt. however, the reboot after installation results in a kernel panic. the messages just before the panic are the following, --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- groupadd: cannot lock /etc/group; try again later usermod: no changes adding user 'kent' ERROR: In procedure getpw: entry not found --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- regards, ... kennedy tembo. -- former club president midrand toastmasters http://midrand.tmclub.co.za /"\ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \ / "[He has] campaigned steadfastly for freedom. X I admire Nelson Mandela ..." / \ - Richard M. Stallman (rms), President, Free Software Foundation. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
