Package: installation-reports Debian-installer-version: 3.1r0a stable version uname -a: <The result of running uname -a on a shell prompt>
Date: 29 Jan 2006 Method: CD INSTALLATIONS Machine: Dell Latitude 505 Processor:Intel Pentium M 1.70 Ghz Memory: 512 Mb Root Device: Usb storage Hard drive 80Gb (linux debian dedicated only) Root Size/partition table: / 2gb bootable EXT3 FILE SYSTEM Swap 2gb /app/oracle 6gb EXT3 FILE SYSTEM Base System Installation Checklist: [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Initial boot worked: [O] Configure network HW: [ ] Config network: [ ] Detect CD: [O] Load installer modules: [O] Detect hard drives: [O] Partition hard drives: [O] Create file systems: [O] Mount partitions: [O] Install base system: [O] Install boot loader: [O] Reboot: [E] Comments/Problems: Ihave discovered 2 type of problem, the first problem regard the installation Of GRUB installer into the / partitions utilizing option /dev/sda or /dev/sda1 to store the installer, at the reboot the installer star correctly bat when I choose to start one of the operating system (linux from usb storage system or windows xp from c: Ide hard drive) the system dont start showing in first case /dev/sda1 dont mount file system in second case windows xp dont start showing the message cylinder +1 and freeze all. This situation dont occur when use installer lilo boot system,bat at the end installation at the reboot lilo start correctly from usb storage system (dont show windows xp) bat when arrive to load the system same errors occours explained below: SCSI Subsystem Initialized (last line correctly loaded) Pivot_root : no such file or directory /sbin/init :432:cannot open dev/console: no such file Kernel Panic: Attempted to kill init! The system at this time freezed. I have tried all kernel and all installation type expert,expert26 ect. Bat the errors occurred however. P.S. The language and keyboard chose are Italian (qwerty).