hit the 'send' button too soon. sorry.
> I don't understand. Did you reboot into your install after rebuilding
> the initramfs or did you re-install?
>
> Did you get "No root file system found" after rebuilding the initramfs
> or after the re-install?
>
apologies for not being clear earlier. Yes, I rebooted into the new install
after rebuilding the root file system using `update-initramfs` and it worked
just fine. That is, now the new OS is operational and running. The question I
have is, why did I get the error ('no root file system found' during install)
in the first place and is there a way fix it?
Thanks again for the clue regarding update-initramfs! At least, I know that the
install is successful.
From: kes...@hotmail.com
To: tomh0...@gmail.com; debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: RE: Installer not reading preseed.cfg
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2013 10:43:44 -0500
really apologize for not responding sooner.
> Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2013 06:08:13 -0400
> Subject: Re: Installer not reading preseed.cfg
> From: tomh0...@gmail.com
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>
> On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 5:43 PM, keshav prabhakar <kes...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> I just remembered, I'm using a linux 5 template ('Guest OS: Debian
> >> GNU/Linux 5 (64-bit)') to install Debian 6. not sure if that's causing the
> >> issue, somehow. (I'm using ESXi 4.0 server, which is quite old and it
> >> doesn't support 'Debian GNU/Linux 6' as one of the templates). Let me try
> >> with a Debian 5 ISO and see if the installer can find the disk.
> >
> > I was in fact (unknowingly) using a Debian 5 ISO over a 'Debian GNU/Linux 5
> > (64-bit)' template which was causing it not to get me into the shell on root
> > partition file system. Now, with a debian-6.0.7-amd64-netinst.iso, I was
> > able to get to shell on the root file system in rescue mode.
> >
> > Then I ran `update-initramfs -u -v` followed by `update-grub`. They both
> > appear to run fine (without showing any errors) though I didn't understand
> > much about why they needed to be run. Is there anything in the output that
> > I should be looking for?
> >
> > I tried running the preseed file again after this but the installer stopped
> > at the same place as before ("No root file system found").
> >
> > perhaps, I should try recreating a new initramfs? (`update-initramfs -d`
> > followed by `update-initramfs -c`)?
>
> I don't understand. Did you reboot into your install after rebuilding
> the initramfs or did you re-install?
>
> Did you get "No root file system found" after rebuilding the initramfs
> or after the re-install?
>
>
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