On 2010-01-16 at 17:44:34 -0500, amka wrote: > Hi every one, > > I have a boot serious problem with lenny. I tried a lot of things, but > the problem subsists... > > On boot : > > ramdisk: couldn't find valid ram disk image starting at 0 > list of all partitions: > ... # I don't remember the line, and the last one is : > > Kernel Panic - not syncing: VFS: unable to mount root FS on unknown > block (8,33) > > > I use lilo, and my config file is : > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > lba32 > > boot=/dev/sdc > > root=/dev/sdc1 > > bitmap=/boot/debianlilo.bmp > bmp-colors=1,,0;9,,0 > bmp-table=106p,144p,2,9,144p > bmp-timer=514p,144p,6,8,0 > > install=bmp > > prompt > timeout=50 > > large-memory > > map=/boot/map > > vga=normal > > image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-2-amd64 > label="lenny 2.6.26" > initrd=/boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-2-amd64 > read-only > > other=/dev/sdb > label="etch" > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > The problems are from the beginning ; both lilo and grub couldn't be > installed during the lenny installation. > > I installed lilo with the CD rescue mode. > > > Can please someone give me an advice ? > > Thanks, regards, > > amka
I had a similar problem when I tried to install Squeeze using the Lenny installer. (The last time I checked, the Squeeze installer was a symbolic link to the Lenny installer. So even if you think you're using the Squeeze installer, you may actually be using the Lenny installer. In my case, I couldn't install grub successfully during installation, but I could install lilo successfully. The first thing I would do would be to remove the "large-memory" option from /etc/lilo.conf and re-run lilo. Not all BIOSes support the large-memory option. I think the install script says something about BIOSes dated after 2001 should be OK. But it seems to depend on which BIOS manufacturer you're talking about (AMI, Award, Phoenix, etc.). I've seen some posts documenting non-support of the large-memory option on BIOSes newer than 2001. It works for me, but maybe not for you. Try removing the large-memory option, re-running lilo, and re-booting. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org