On Tuesday 19 June 2001 03:58 pm, Tim opined: > No offense and not trying to start a flame war... but I didn't > receive any feedback on this and I want to make sure that someone > else tries something similar to make sure this isn't a show stopping > bug... Upgrading is one thing, but a fresh install is kinda necesary > to really test things out. If I'm just a looney at least tell me so. > =) > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 1:01 AM > Subject: [Cooker] Fresh Sunsite hd.img Install Fails > > > Just booted to windows after spending a few minutes trying to play > > around with grub but it's too late to do much more. I'll go back > > and get more information if other people can reproduce something > > similar, if they can't > > I > > > guess it's just something I did. > > > > -Rsync from Sunsite > > -floppy install from hd.img > > -Expert -> Install > > -Formatted my root and /usr partitions to get a totally fresh > > install -Small note: error installing guile-devel packages (i need > > to make sure i have these for sure) > > -mkbootdsk fails > > -install of lilo with text menu fails with empty error: "", grub > > installs fine > > -rebooted... Kernel Panic no Init Found try appending initrd= (not > > exact wording probably) > > -used command prompt in grub and got kernel to boot.. panics again > > with "cannot mount root file system "" try appending root=" > > > > Once again, it's late so I don't have all the details from the > > error log > > but > > > if this is reproduceable I'll get more information tomorrow when I > > have > > more > > > time. > > > > -Tim I used to wonder similar things until I subscribed to the changelog list and see the stuff these guys are working on daily. I imagine everything gets triaged and so eventually they will get to it. I got similar messages last week. Yesterday when I did -make that tried- an expert install it froze but when I did recommended it worked. I haven't had any luck configuring my network card in any 2.4.5-x kernel. -- -m-
