Re: unable to boot on the netinst CD

[Tyler <pml@dtbb.net>]

The partition check errors are just informational I believe... its the 
ramdisk problem that comes *after* this partition check message that the 
bootup chokes at.

Tyler.

Pooly wrote:

> Hi,
>
> If i use the testing-netinst the installation works fine if I install
> the stable release. But when I boot up I've got the same errors with
> the partition check as before. (see below)
> If I try to install the Etch version with the installer it stops at
> 'couldn't find debs for ipchains'.
> Any clues ?
> thanks,
>
> 2005/8/5, Pooly <pooly7@gmail.com>:
>  
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've removed two stick (out of 4) of memory, and try to change their
> > slot (from 0-1 to 2-3), but neither attempt worked. I tried
> > with/without ramdisk_size=16000.
> > I believe the :
> > Partition check:
> > hda:end_request: I/O error, dev 03:00 (hda), sector 0
> > end_request: I/O error, dev 03:00 (hda), sector 2
> > end_request: I/O error, dev 03:00 (hda), sector 4
> > end_request: I/O error, dev 03:00 (hda), sector 6
> > end_request: I/O error, dev 03:00 (hda), sector 8
> > end_request: I/O error, dev 03:00 (hda), sector 10
> > end_request: I/O error, dev 03:00 (hda), sector 12
> > end_request: I/O error, dev 03:00 (hda), sector 14
> >
> > Should not be worring because Linux is not yet installed on this disk.
> > (still an old solaris)
> >
> > 2005/8/5, Frederic Lehobey <Frederic.Lehobey@free.fr>:
> >    
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > On Thu, Aug 04, 2005 at 03:20:17PM +0100, Pooly wrote:
> > >      
> > >
> > > > I'm trying to install a Debian 3.1 on an Ultra5. When I boot on the CD
> > > > (3.1r0a-sparc-netinst) I end up with a kernel panic with :
> > > > Ramdisk : couldn't find valid RAM disk image starting at 0
> > > > Cramfs: wrong magic
> > > >
> > > > I've google a bit, and I've found nothing which works.
> > > > Any hints on this ?
> > > >        
> > > I do not believe it is enough so solve your problem, but beware of
> > > #305230.
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > > Frederic Lehobey
> > >
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