Hi List, I've been very impressed with 10.0 and 10.1 beta on some newer hardware, but big problems trying to install 10.0 on old Toshiba 510 laptop [P133, 140M ram]. FWIW, I'm currently using a network install via NFS but same happened with direct CD attempt. The install needs ide-generic (and various PCMCIA modules for network), falls back to curses UI but completes the first stage OK. However it won't boot - it seems the initrd hasn't included ide-generic so the hard disc never appears to the kernel. Tried "modprobe ide-generic" but clearly the system hasn't got far enough to find the module yet. If I start the "rescue system" (loading the relevant modules on the way) I can mount the root partition (/dev/hda1) and the files look fine. Here, "zgrep IDE_GENERIC /proc/config.gz" gives "CONFIG_IDE_GENERIC=m" but of course this isn't the same kernel (or is it?) Looking at "man mkinitrd", I suspect I need to add "ide-generic" somewhere in /etc/sysconfig/kernel and run mkinitrd again but I'm not too sure how to do this from the rescue system. Has anyone had any similar problems (perhaps with SATA?) Or is this actually a bug in the initrd generation of 10.0? Have I got the wrong end of the stick with mkinitrd? Thanks and regards, -- Richard (MQ) mailto:osl@16hd.freeserve.co.uk
Richard (MQ) wrote:
Hi List,
I've been very impressed with 10.0 and 10.1 beta on some newer hardware, but big problems trying to install 10.0 on old Toshiba 510 laptop [P133, 140M ram]
I just installed 10.0 on my acer travelmate 3230d with 77Mo ram t'was not always easy (small ram), but no ide problem. What are you using as file system? the system don't know of reiser at start, only ext2 jdd -- http://www.dodin.net http://dodin.org/galerie_photo_web/expo/index.html http://lucien.dodin.net http://fr.susewiki.org/index.php?title=Gérer_ses_photos
On Wednesday 22 February 2006 15:43, Richard (MQ) wrote:
Has anyone had any similar problems (perhaps with SATA?) Or is this actually a bug in the initrd generation of 10.0? Have I got the wrong end of the stick with mkinitrd?
I had the same problem (p90, 96MB RAM). Here's what I did to fix it. 1) Boot the rescue system. 2) Mount your root partition (mnt /dev/hda1 /mnt) 3) chroot to your root partition (chroot /mnt) 4) In /etc/sysconfig/kernel, add ide-generic to the INITRD_MODULES= line 5) Run mkinitrd. 6) If you are using lilo, run lilo. If you use grub, cross your fingers and pray. 7) Reboot. 9) Remember that the place for support-type questions is the suse-linux-e mailing list. That should fix you up. -- Homepage http://scottj.org XFce desktop environment http://www.xfce.org
Scott Jones wrote:
On Wednesday 22 February 2006 15:43, Richard (MQ) wrote:
Has anyone had any similar problems (perhaps with SATA?) Or is this actually a bug in the initrd generation of 10.0? Have I got the wrong end of the stick with mkinitrd?
I had the same problem (p90, 96MB RAM). Here's what I did to fix it.
1) Boot the rescue system. 2) Mount your root partition (mnt /dev/hda1 /mnt) 3) chroot to your root partition (chroot /mnt) 4) In /etc/sysconfig/kernel, add ide-generic to the INITRD_MODULES= line 5) Run mkinitrd. 6) If you are using lilo, run lilo. If you use grub, cross your fingers and pray. 7) Reboot. 9) Remember that the place for support-type questions is the suse-linux-e mailing list.
That should fix you up.
It did - many thanks. All now seems fine, though I will probably try the next beta of 10.1 (please see my other replies) Maybe this list is not quite right, but I thought I had found a bug - looks like it was known and fixed in 10.1 though I couldn't see any mention in the docs and list archives. -- Regards Richard (MQ) mailto:osl@16hd.freeserve.co.uk
Hi, Richard (MQ) schrieb:
The install needs ide-generic (and various PCMCIA modules for network), falls back to curses UI but completes the first stage OK. However it won't boot - it seems the initrd hasn't included ide-generic so the hard disc never appears to the kernel. Tried "modprobe ide-generic" but clearly the system hasn't got far enough to find the module yet.
Please open a bug. Instructions are at http://en.opensuse.org/Submit_a_Bug Regards, Carl-Daniel -- http://www.hailfinger.org/
On Thu, 23 Feb 2006, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote:
Richard (MQ) schrieb:
The install needs ide-generic (and various PCMCIA modules for network), falls back to curses UI but completes the first stage OK. However it won't boot - it seems the initrd hasn't included ide-generic so the hard disc never appears to the kernel. Tried "modprobe ide-generic" but clearly the system hasn't got far enough to find the module yet.
Please open a bug. Instructions are at http://en.opensuse.org/Submit_a_Bug
It should work with 10.1. In 10.0 you would have to boot with 'insmod=ide-generic'. Steffen
Steffen Winterfeldt wrote:
On Thu, 23 Feb 2006, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote:
Richard (MQ) schrieb:
The install needs ide-generic (and various PCMCIA modules for network), falls back to curses UI but completes the first stage OK. However it won't boot - it seems the initrd hasn't included ide-generic so the hard disc never appears to the kernel. Tried "modprobe ide-generic" but clearly the system hasn't got far enough to find the module yet. Please open a bug. Instructions are at http://en.opensuse.org/Submit_a_Bug
It should work with 10.1. In 10.0 you would have to boot with 'insmod=ide-generic'.
I thought I had found a bug - looks like it was known and fixed in 10.1? I couldn't see any mention in the docs and list archives. I will test with the next beta of 10.1 & only file a bug if the problem recurs. At least I know how to fix it now ! Thanks to all who replied. -- Regards Richard (MQ) mailto:osl@16hd.freeserve.co.uk
On Thu, 23 Feb 2006, Richard (MQ) wrote:
Steffen Winterfeldt wrote:
On Thu, 23 Feb 2006, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote:
Richard (MQ) schrieb:
The install needs ide-generic (and various PCMCIA modules for network), falls back to curses UI but completes the first stage OK. However it won't boot - it seems the initrd hasn't included ide-generic so the hard disc never appears to the kernel. Tried "modprobe ide-generic" but clearly the system hasn't got far enough to find the module yet. Please open a bug. Instructions are at http://en.opensuse.org/Submit_a_Bug
It should work with 10.1. In 10.0 you would have to boot with 'insmod=ide-generic'.
I thought I had found a bug - looks like it was known and fixed in 10.1? I couldn't see any mention in the docs and list archives.
See e.g. bug #135612. The problem with ide-generic is that the module has no modalias, so you don't know when to load it. 10.1 has a workaound for this. Steffen
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