Hello, I installed Debian 8 in a virtual machine (VirtualBox 4.3.12 r93733 running on Windows 8) with a virtual hard drive of size 16 GB. It installs fine, but it fails upon boot. It seems it cannot find the boot partition or something possibly because some module is failing to load. I've searched for these terms online and have found similar problems, but wasn't quite sure if this is different. I was going to open a bug report, but I was a little unsure where to do that and what info to provide (new to Debian). I'm pasting in the output of the attempted boot. If there is useful information that I'm not providing, please let me know.
Note: the following was OCRed from screenshots taken from the virtual machine. Minor changes were made for formatting (i.e. adding new lines here and there). Cheers, Thomas Nyberg log ----------------------------------- Loading, please wait. . Gave up waiting for root device. Common problems: - Boot args (cat /proc/cmdline) - Check rootdelay= (did the system wait long enoughT) - Check root= (did the system wait for the right deviceT) - Missing modules (cat /proc/modules; ls /dev) ALERT! /dev/mapper/surface--debian--vg-root does not exist. Dropping to a shel l! modprobe: module ehci-orion not found in modules.dep BusyBox v1.22.1 (Debian 1:1.22.0-9+deb8u1) built-in shell (ash) Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands. /bin/sh: can't access tty; job control turned off (initramfs) cat /proc/cmdline BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.16.0-4-amd64 root=/dev/mapper/surface--debian--vg-root ro quiet (initramfs) cat /proc/modules uhci_hcd 43499 0 - Live 0xffffffffa0191000 sg 29973 0 - Live 0xffffffffa0188000 sd_mod 44356 0 - Live 0xffffffffa0177000 crc_t10dif 12431 1 sd_mod, Live 0xffffffffa011e000 crct10dif_generic 12581 1 - Live 0xffffffffa0160000 sr_mod 21903 0 - Live 0xffffffffa0170000 cdrom 47424 1 sr_mod, Live 0xffffffffa0123000 crct10dif_common 12356 2 crc_t10dif,crct10dif_generic, Live 0xffffffffa0080000 ata_generic 12490 0 - Live 0xffffffffa007b000 hid_generic 12393 0 - Live 0xffffffffa0030000 usbhid 44460 0 - Live 0xffffffffa0112000 hid 102264 2 hid_generic,usbhid, Live 0xffffffffa00f8000 ata_piix 33592 0 - Live 0xffffffffa00ee000 ahci 33291 0 - Live 0xffffffffa0071000 libahci 27158 1 ahci, Live 0xffffffffa0168000 ohci_pci 12808 0 - Live 0xffffffffa00e4000 ehci_pci 12512 0 - Live 0xffffffffa00e9000 ohci_hcd 42982 1 ohci_pci, Live 0xffffffffa00d8000 ehci_hcd 69837 1 ehci_pci, Live 0xffffffffa014d000 button 12944 0 - Live 0xffffffffa003e000 usbcore 195340 6 uhci_hcd,usbhid,ohci_pci,ehci_pci,ohci_hcd,ehci_hcd, Live 0xff ffffffa00a7000 usb_common 12440 1 usbcore, Live 0xffffffffa0039000 e1000 122545 0 - Live 0xffffffffa0088000 crct10dif_generic 12581 1 - Live 0xffffffffa0160000 sr_mod 21903 0 - Live 0xffffffffa0170000 cdrom 47424 1 sr_mod, Live 0xffffffffa0123000 crct10dif_common 12356 2 crc_t10dif,crct10dif_generic, Live 0xffffffffa0080000 ata_generic 12490 0 - Live 0xffffffffa007b000 hid_generic 12393 0 - Live 0xffffffffa0030000 usbhid 44460 0 - Live 0xffffffffa0112000 hid 102264 2 hid_generic,usbhid, Live 0xffffffffa00f8000 ata_piix 33592 0 - Live 0xffffffffa00ee000 ahci 33291 0 - Live 0xffffffffa0071000 libahci 27158 1 ahci, Live 0xffffffffa0168000 ohci_pci 12808 0 - Live 0xffffffffa00e4000 ehci_pci 12512 0 - Live 0xffffffffa00e9000 ohci_hcd 42982 1 ohci_pci, Live 0xffffffffa00d8000 ehci_hcd 69837 1 ehci_pci, Live 0xffffffffa014d000 button 12944 0 - Live 0xffffffffa003e000 usbcore 195340 6 uhci_hcd,usbhid,ohci_pci,ehci_pci,ohci_hcd,ehci_hcd, Live 0xff ffffffa00a7000 usb_common 12440 1 usbcore, Live 0xffffffffa0039000 e1000 122545 0 - Live 0xffffffffa0088000 libata 177457 4 ata_generic,ata_piix,ahci,libahci, Live 0xffffffffa0044000 scsi_mod 191405 4 sg,sd_mod,sr_mod,libata, Live 0xffffffffa0000000 (initramfs) ls /dev block bsg bus cdrom char console COre cpu cpu_dma_latency disk dvd fd full hidraw0 hpet input kmsg mcelog mem network_latency network_throughput null port PSaUX ptmx pts random rtc rtc0 sda sda1 sda2 sda5 sg0 sg1 snapshot sr0 stderr stdin stdout tty tty0 tty1 tty10 tty11 tty12 tty13 tty14 tty15 tty16 tty17 tty18 tty19 tty2 tty20 tty21 tty22 tty23 tty24 tty25 tty26 tty27 tty28 tty29 tty3 tty30 tty31 tty32 tty33 tty34 tty35 tty36 tty37 tty38 tty39 tty4 tty40 tty41 tty42 tty43 tty44 tty45 tty46 tty47 tty48 tty49 tty5 tty50 tty51 tty52 tty53 tty54 tty55 tty56 tty57 tty58 tty57 tty58 tty59 tty6 tty60 tty61 tty62 tty63 tty7 tty8 tty9 ttyS0 ttyS1 ttyS2 ttyS3 urandom VCS vcs1 VCSa vcsa1 vga_arbiter ZerO ----------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/55920318.6060...@gmail.com
