On Sun, Mar 26, 2006 at 11:24:50PM +0200, oscar wrote: > I am trying to install Debian in a new Dell M70. I first used a CD with the > testing installer, but although it was able to boot from the CD, later it did > not recognize the CD. I have read in other places that it have to do with > SATA controller for the CD and the HD. > Then I tried the stable installer with a kernel 2.4. It installed Debian with > no problem. With aptitude I install a kernel 2.6.8 (still in stable > distribution), and when rebooting I get a kernel panic (no /dev/console can > be found, attempting to kill init). As far as I have discovered with google > help, it have to do again with the SATA harddisk. I have followed several > advices of people with same problem, basically, to change menu.lst of grub > from root=/dev/hda1 to root=/dev/sda1. No result. Still kernel panic. > Moreover, I try testing distribution to see what happens. Now not only with > kernel 2.6 but even with kernel 2.4 i get a kernel panic.
This is how I solved a similar problem: http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2006/03/msg01661.html Note that I had to add the initrd line in addition to changing root=... Hope that helps. Win -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
