Jan Čípa <czi...@gmail.com> writes: > On the first boot after installing debian-500-hppa-DVD-1.iso on HP > A500 PA-RISC, booting halts on > ALERT! /dev/mapper/hp--server-root does not exist. Dropping to a shell! > > Setup with guided LVM option, kept recommended defaults. No complaints > during installation. > > Machine: HP A500 class, dual CPU, 2GB RAM, 34GB internal SCSI disk, > external SCSI tape drive and DVD-ROM. > > [...] > Begin: Mounting root file system ... Begin: Running /scripts/local-top ... > [17179584.784000] device-mapper: uevent: version 1.0.3 > [17179584.788000] device-mapper: ioctl: 4.13.0-ioctl (2007-10-18) > initialised: dm-de...@redhat.com > Volume group "hp-server" not found > [...] > [17179590.176000] scsi 3:0:15:0: Direct-Access HP 36.4G MAN3367MC > HP04 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2 > [17179590.184000] target3:0:15: tagged command queuing enabled, command > queue depth 16. > [17179590.220000] target3:0:15: Beginning Domain Validation > [17179590.244000] target3:0:15: asynchronous > [17179590.268000] target3:0:15: wide asynchronous > [17179590.284000] target3:0:15: FAST-20 WIDE SCSI 40.0 MB/s ST (50 ns, > offset 16) > [17179590.304000] target3:0:15: Domain Validation skipping write tests > [17179590.340000] target3:0:15: Ending Domain Validation > [17179590.348000] scsi 3:0:15:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0 > [17179590.464000] Driver 'sd' needs updating - please use bus_type methods > [17179590.472000] sd 3:0:15:0: [sda] 71132960 512-byte hardware sectors > (36420 MB) > [17179590.504000] sd 3:0:15:0: [sda] Write Protect is off > [17179590.520000] sd 3:0:15:0: [sda] Write cache: disabled, read cache: > enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA > [17179590.544000] sd 3:0:15:0: [sda] 71132960 512-byte hardware sectors > (36420 MB) > [17179590.620000] sd 3:0:15:0: [sda] Write Protect is off > [17179590.748000] sd 3:0:15:0: [sda] Write cache: disabled, read cache: > enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA > [17179590.772000] sda: sda1 sda2 sda3 > [17179590.900000] sd 3:0:15:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk > > done. > Gave up waiting for root device.
Looks like vgchange was executed before the physical volume was discovered at the end of the SCSI scan. Please issue the vgchange -ay command and exit the shell. If the system boots up, then it's an initramfs-tools bug, rather than an installer bug. -- Regards, Feri. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org