Re: Debian 4.0 on AMD64 and SATA with multi-arch DVD

• Andrew Sackville-West <andrew@farwestbilliards.com> 2007-07-31
  > On Tue, Jul 31, 2007 at 01:07:32PM +0530, Masatran, R. Deepak wrote:
  > > I reinstalled Debian using "amd64-expertgui" at the first prompt, using the
  > > same DVD. The reinstall completed successfully, but it is unable to boot.
  > > When I add to the "kernel" line in GRUB, I get:
  > >
  > > ADDITION: RESULT
  > >
  > > 1. nothing: Kernel panic
  > > 2. noapic nolapic: Kernel panic
  > > 3. acpi=off: SATA internal errors
  > > 4. acpi=off noapic nolapic: SATA internal errors
  > >
  > > "Kernel panic" looks like this:
  > >
  > > Code: <pairs of hexadecimal digits>
  > > Console shuts up ...
  > > <0>Kernel panic - not syncing: Aiee, killing interrupt handler
  > >
  > > I could not find any hardware problem. The hard drive is a Seagate 7200.10
  > > 300 giga-byte SATA. The whole computer is new.
  > >
  > > Searching the web showed that similar problems were tackled by
  > > adding/removing kernel modules. Can this be solved by adding/removing kernel
  > > modules?
  >
  > if that is the case then you're probably dealing with a situation
  > where the proper modules are not being used in the initrd to get the
  > root filesystem up. you could boot a live-cd and chroot into the
  > system to rebuild the initrd's making sure to include all the modules,
  > or at least ensuring that you include the right modules...
  

I don't know even what "initrd" is, but I have seen it in the GRUB configuration. Could you give me more detailed instructions, or point me to some HOWTO?

> > ALSO: I want to try the 486 linux-image, but dpkg refuses to install it,
> > saying that that package is only for I386. How can I install the 486
> > linux-image on my AMD64 computer?
>
> I'm confused. do you have more than one AMD64 computer? or does your
> kernel panic above only happen sometimes?

I bypassed the kernel panic by appending "acpi=off" to the "kernel" line in GRUB. I pressed Control-C multiple times at the SATA internal errors, but I don't know if it helped. After a delay, I got a 640x480 X11, though I had asked for 1280x960. At that time, I tried to install the 486 kernel.

-- 
Masatran, R. Deepak <
http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/>

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