Am Freitag, 12. Mai 2006 13:08 schrieb Alex Page: > I'm trying to install Debian amd64 3.1r0a on a dual em64t Xeon box, with > SCSI hard drives and an IDE CD-ROM. I've previously had Debian i386 > running on the same hardware. > > Once I've completed the base install from CD, I'm prompted to reboot > into Debian. When I boot my Debian amd64 kernel, the boot process hangs > with the following error message: > > Detecting hardware: open_sock(): No such device > > I've tried Googling for this error message but not found anything > illuminating. Any suggestions on where I can proceed from here? > > Alex Just an idea:
Maybe, the scsi-driver is not seen properly. So it will not find the hard drives, and cannot load needed modules. my suggestion to fix this: Make a kernel with all needed drivers statically compiled in and no initrd on another machine using make-kpkg. Then start with the installation system and install as normal. Do not reboot !!! Now install your static-kernel with no initrd and make it known in grub or lilo. Now you should be able to boot the new kernel. I know, this is not a good solution, but it worked for me with similar problems. Once th esystem has started, you can build your working kernel (or try a newer one) Best regards Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
