marc said... > marc said... > > mirmasa said... > > > > > I can't install debian sarge with kernel 2.6 on my laptop. > > > > > > For solving preliminary problem during kernel loading I disabled acpi: > > > > > > linux26 acpi=off > > > > Less brutal is pci=noacpi > > > > > even if with this option the kernel loads and I'm able to configure the > > > network, the installer does not recognize my hard disk and so I can't > > > continue installation > > > > > > Any idea? > > > > Try installing a 2.4 kernel first, then upgrade. If you can load 2.4, > > but 2.6 fails, then we can look at it again with more information. > > (I'm just bringing this back to the correct thread) > > As you suggested I installed with kernel 2.4 and then upgraded to 2.6 > (kernel-image-2.6-686).
Okay, so 2.4 works. > When I reboot the kernel 2.6 does not start. With the acpi=off option > the booting stack with the following errors: Go with # pci=noacpi If you have hardware switches for wireless, Bluetooth, etc., for example, acpi=off will inhibit them from working, while pci=noacpi is far less aggressive. There could well be further hidden disabling of ACPI activity with acpi=off that may not become apparent until later. > pivot_root: No such file or directory > /sbin/init: 424: cannot open dev/console: No such file > Kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! > > With google search I found that this problem should due to the SATA > driver, but I don?t know how to solve it. > > I also tried changing hdaX with sdaX in grub list The symptoms that you've given suggest this fix. The chances are that the CD/DVD drive won't be visible, though, once you boot, without a kernel recompile. Make sure that menu.lst is still intact, since kernel installation and removal automatically regenerates it. I keep my stanzas outside the automagic area, for this reason. > and etc/stab but nothing changes. I presume that you mean /etc/fstab. I don't think that the boot sequence has got this far yet, though. > I can load kernel 2.4, yet. That's not quite how we use "yet" ;-) I presume that you mean that 2.4 is working - otherwise I suspect that you would have mentioned it. I can only suggest a typo in menu.lst. BTW, you mustn't change the line: # root (hd0,2) or whatever values you have. It might be worth posting the menu.lst stanza and fstab that you are using. -- Best, Marc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
