Bug#396469: Installation report: failed install on Toshiba Satellite

[Bill McNeill]

Package: installation-reports


Boot method: CD
Image version: www.debian.org in October 2006

Date: 2:00 p.m. October 31, 2006


Machine: Toshiba Satellite
Processor: Intel Celeron 2.80 GHz

Memory: ???
Partitions: Can't run df.  I took the defaults the install program gave me: one for files plus

a swap partition

Can't run lspci


Base System Installation Checklist:

[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it


Initial boot worked:    [ ]
Configure network HW:   [ ]

Config network:         [ ]
Detect CD:              [ ]

Load installer modules: [ ]
Detect hard drives:     [ ]

Partition hard drives:  [ ]
Create file systems:    [ ]

Mount partitions:       [ ]
Install base system:    [ ]

Install boot loader:    [ ]
Reboot:                 [E]


Comments/Problems:

I did an install from CD taking all the defaults.  When rebooting I get a Segmentation Fault followed by the error message

<6> Journalled Block device driver loaded
pivot_root: No such file or directory
/sbin/init: 432: cannot open dev/console: No such file
Kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!

I'm stuck.  Can't get Debian to work on this machine.  I did some Googling and determined that others have hit this error, but there appears to be no clear workaround.

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Bill McNeill
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