I have a Dell Poweredge 2950 with a PERC 5 configured as a 300GB RAID
5,
dual broadcom gigabit network adapters
4GB RAM
DVD/CD-rom
no floppy

I am able to load the Debian Testing I386 from 19 Dec 2006
The system sees the NIC's and the RAID during the build, it formats the
drives

However during the reboot I get the following error

Check root= bootarg cat /proc/cmdline
or missing modules, devices: cat /proc/modules ls /dev
ALERT! /dev/sdb1 does not exist. Dropping to a shell!

The system then loads BusyBox

I am a newcomer to Linux, so any help would be appreciated

Thank you

Steven Anderson

On Wed, 20 Dec 2006 14:11:49 -0800, stevena wrote:
> I am able to load the Debian Testing I386 from 19 Dec 2006 The system sees
> the NIC's and the RAID during the build, it formats the drives
>
> Check root= bootarg cat /proc/cmdline or missing modules, devices: cat
> /proc/modules ls /dev ALERT! /dev/sdb1 does not exist. Dropping to a
> shell!

What happens if, as root, you run the commands

apt-get update
apt-get upgrade

Steve

SteveSch wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Dec 2006 14:11:49 -0800, stevena wrote:
> > I am able to load the Debian Testing I386 from 19 Dec 2006 The system sees
> > the NIC's and the RAID during the build, it formats the drives
> >
> > Check root= bootarg cat /proc/cmdline or missing modules, devices: cat
> > /proc/modules ls /dev ALERT! /dev/sdb1 does not exist. Dropping to a
> > shell!
>
> What happens if, as root, you run the commands
>
> apt-get update
> apt-get upgrade
>
> Steve

I tried to enter the commands but I got the following responce

/bin/sh: apt-get: not found

the prompt I have is
(initramfs)

Thank you

On Tue, 26 Dec 2006 04:18:34 -0800, stevena wrote:


> /bin/sh: apt-get: not found
>
> the prompt I have is
> (initramfs)

I have not seen this but on past installs I ended up burning a different
cd. Also you might try reinstalling with the linux26 option to get the
newer kernel.

I did google and found this.
http://lists.us.dell.com/pipermail/l...er/028781.html

I would try the RC1 netinst installer with the linux26 option.

http://www.us.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/

etch netinst for the i386 is at:

http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/et...86-netinst.iso

Good luck and keep us posted.

Steve

SteveSch wrote:
> On Tue, 26 Dec 2006 04:18:34 -0800, stevena wrote:
>
>
> > /bin/sh: apt-get: not found
> >
> > the prompt I have is
> > (initramfs)
>
> I have not seen this but on past installs I ended up burning a different
> cd. Also you might try reinstalling with the linux26 option to get the
> newer kernel.

Debian Etch installer only use Linux kernel 2.6.18 Linyx kernel 2.4 is
no longer supported.

I would try to install from scratch with latest built Debian installer.
I would try netinstaller CD images is smaller and work better if you
have good internet source to download all needed packages. If
installation doesn't work, or some other problems with installation, I
would file a bug to debian installer package.

Good idea would also to read the documentation for documented problems
and work arounds <http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/> . Also read
documentation in
<http://www.us.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/News/2006/20061113>

Good Luck and Gott Nytt År.

i hade the same problem on my 2950, juste after install system wont boo
and stay in initramfs , i solved it doing:
1) Doing installl of debian
2) After reboot in the grub menu type e key to edit grub comman
line for kernel , replace sdb by sda
then type b for booting

3) log as root then edit :

/etc/fstab remplace all sdb by sda

4) mount /dev/sda1 /boot (ord other partion if your /boot is not o
sda1)

edit file /boot/grub/menu.lst

remplace sdb by sda in the 2 path of vmlinuz

5) reboot

All workin

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