Hello, On Sun, 12 Sep 2010 22:47:23 +0200 maximilian attems <m...@stro.at> wrote: > On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 10:34:47PM +0200, Holger Wansing wrote: > > But that leads to another problem: the system cannot find the root > > filesystem, /dev/hda and /dev/hda1 doesn't exist, the needed module > > here is "ide_generic", which seems to be not in the initrd > > (executing "modprobe ide_generic" gives no error, but ide_generic does > > not appear in /proc/modules). > > > > I already had this problem some times before, filed a bugreport too some > > time ago, which has been fixed, but... > > > > Reassign this bug to initramfs-tools? > > ide_generic does no longer exist in squeeze as linux-2.6 switched > to libata based drivers. I am puzzled that d-i still uses the oldstyle > device names and not UUID's. Oh right your d-i is not a daily built, > but out of date.
It's a daily built from 23. Aug 2010. Is this too old in this meaning? I can try a daily built from today if that makes a difference. > You are looking for ata_generic module, also please > provide more info along the lines of > http://wiki.debian.org/InitramfsDebug ata_generic is also not in the initramfs. Here is some output from the initramfs-shell: cat /proc/cmdline BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-486 root=/dev/hda1 ro all_generic_ide cat /proc/modules ide_gd_mod 17175 0 - Live 0xc28a7000 ide_core 59674 1 ide_gd_mod, Live 0xc287f000 fan 2590 0 - Live 0xc285b000 thermal 9210 0 - Live 0xc283f000 thermal_sys 9346 2 fan,thermal, Live 0xc2827000 modprobe ata_generic cat /proc/modules ide_gd_mod 17175 0 - Live 0xc28a7000 ide_core 59674 1 ide_gd_mod, Live 0xc287f000 fan 2590 0 - Live 0xc285b000 thermal 9210 0 - Live 0xc283f000 thermal_sys 9346 2 fan,thermal, Live 0xc2827000 ================= At this point, there is no device under /dev for the harddisc (no oldstyle name like /dev/hda, no uuid name). Holger -- ================================================================ Created with Sylpheed 2.5.0 under Debian GNU/LINUX 5.0 »Lenny« Registered LinuxUser #311290 Spam filtering by bogofilter.org ================================================================ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100913213559.daa9274f.li...@wansing-online.de