i'm installing slackware for the first time. I'm using 9.1 and of course i have to use fdisk to set up the partitions. i know sda would be first scsi disk and hda would be first ide but i'm using a scsi hardware raid. How do i refer to the raid? what would be the equivalent to sda or hda for the scsi raid? when i try a command like fdisk /dev/sda i get back
unable to open /dev/sda
Chris
slackware install on raid
I have completed my 1st slackware install and system just tried to boot for first time. I get error of
VFS: Mounted root (reiserfs filesystem) readonly
Freeing unused kernal memory: 12k freed
Warning: unable to open an intial console.
Kernal panic: no init found. try passing init= option to kernal
Why woudl it be monting root as readonly and is that why it is not not booting? How do i fix this?
Chris
VFS: Mounted root (reiserfs filesystem) readonly
Freeing unused kernal memory: 12k freed
Warning: unable to open an intial console.
Kernal panic: no init found. try passing init= option to kernal
Why woudl it be monting root as readonly and is that why it is not not booting? How do i fix this?
Chris
My guess is that it is not mounting the proper partition for rootfs ("/") since the kernel can't find init. Did you create a boot floppy disk when you installed? Even if you didn't create a boot floppy you should be able to pass the kernel the proper root partition and then fix your boot loader config. Are you using LILO or GRUB? If lilo at the LILO: prompt type "linux root=/dev/sda1" (or whatever partition you created as your Slackware root partition). If GRUB press "a" and append "root=/dev/sda1" to the end of the kernel command line (again, using whichever partition is your real rootfs partition).
Another possibility is that you are booting a kernel that doesn't have SCSI support built in, or the kernel is build for SCSI driver modules and you don't have a proper initrd image and/or it's not in your LILO or GRUB configuration.
The only things I can't think of off th top of my head, although you should get different error messages if your SCSI drivers aren't being loaded.
Another possibility is that you are booting a kernel that doesn't have SCSI support built in, or the kernel is build for SCSI driver modules and you don't have a proper initrd image and/or it's not in your LILO or GRUB configuration.
The only things I can't think of off th top of my head, although you should get different error messages if your SCSI drivers aren't being loaded.
using the command linux root=/dev/sda3 worked i guess i made mistake when setting up partitions and telling slack what to use which one for. now when i login as root i get
Unable to change tty /dev/tty1: read-only filesystem
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Cannot execute /bin/bash: Too many levels of symbolic links
then a new login prompt what have i screwed up? i think i'm just going to reload slack since i could use the expereince and now know what not to do and have gotten past some of the install learning curve. thanks for the advice void will post again to update you
Chris
Unable to change tty /dev/tty1: read-only filesystem
Linux.
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Cannot execute /bin/bash: Too many levels of symbolic links
then a new login prompt what have i screwed up? i think i'm just going to reload slack since i could use the expereince and now know what not to do and have gotten past some of the install learning curve. thanks for the advice void will post again to update you
Chris
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