Lee Maguire wrote: > The device naming used in the grub config does not match the names available > at > boot time. Specifically /dev/cciss/c0d0p* devices were not available until > after booting, the /dev/cciss/host0/... naming is used instead. > > Boot argument "linux26". There are no problems booting the CD and > setting up the base system, and no error messages at grub installation. > Reboot fails when it attempts to switch from /boot to root > > /dev/cciss/host0/target0: p1 p2 p3 > pivot_root: No such file or directory > /sbin/init: 4??: cannot open dev/console: No such file > Kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! > > I rebooted the install CD, got as far as the partition menu, dropped into > a console on F2. > mount /dev/cciss/host0/target0/part0 /target > nano /target/grub/menu.list > > Located the lines that read > kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.8-1-386 root=/dev/cciss/c0d0p2 > and replaced with > kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.8-1-386 root=/dev/cciss/host0/target0/part2 > > unmounted, rebooted. This works around the problem.
This sounds like the bug fixed in initrd-tools 0.1.75. I'm suprised that you were able to work around it by modifying the root= parameter. Anyway, you could verify that it's fixed by upgrading to the new initrd-tools, putting back the old menu.lst, and rebuilding your initrd. -- see shy jo
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