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First boot - stuck on 'Loading initial ramdisk'
First boot - stuck on 'Loading initial ramdisk'
Hi guys,
I've just installed Debian 6.0.1a on a HP Proliant ML115, the install seemed to go ok.
As it began to start up it 'Grub Bootloader' loaded then on the screen after the bootup froze at 'Loading initial ramdisk'
Anyone got any ideas?
Unfortunately im a complete novice to debian
Help would be appreciated.
Thanks
I've just installed Debian 6.0.1a on a HP Proliant ML115, the install seemed to go ok.
As it began to start up it 'Grub Bootloader' loaded then on the screen after the bootup froze at 'Loading initial ramdisk'
Anyone got any ideas?
Unfortunately im a complete novice to debian
Help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Re: First boot - stuck on 'Loading initial ramdisk'
hi jagjag, it's good to be a complete novice, and solving problems like this will give you a lot of confidence to really learn a lot in a short time.jagjag363 wrote:Hi guys,
I've just installed Debian 6.0.1a on a HP Proliant ML115, the install seemed to go ok.
As it began to start up it 'Grub Bootloader' loaded then on the screen after the bootup froze at 'Loading initial ramdisk'
Anyone got any ideas?
Unfortunately im a complete novice to debian
Help would be appreciated.
Thanks
good stuff http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/installmanual
When you say froze, you mean like rock hard dead froze? It can take a little while for that to complete, if you have a recovery mode option try that..
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Re: First boot - stuck on 'Loading initial ramdisk'
correct me if im wrong, but will deleting the initrd line help? debian can boot without initrd right? moreover that is a fresh installation.
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Re: First boot - stuck on 'Loading initial ramdisk'
At Grub menu, press C to enter into command line.
I hope the version of Grub is 1.9...
Type
and find the expression for the / partition (or /boot partition). In case the / partition (/dev/sda1) is expressed as (hd0,1),
and so on to find correct kernel and initramfs (initial ram filesystem?).
In case the kernel is /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-686 and the initramfs is /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-5-686, type
and see what happens.
Do you have any Live debian media, such as debian Live CD or debian live USB flash drive?
If you have, boot with the media and open terminal and execute
and submit the result.
So, it booted without initramfs (/boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-5-686), but I could not do anything but restarting by pressing ALT+SysRq+r,s,e,i,u,b.
I do not know if there is kernel which can boot and mount correctly the / filesystem without initramfs, or not.
I hope the version of Grub is 1.9...
Type
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ls
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set root=(hd0,1)
ls /boot/
In case the kernel is /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-686 and the initramfs is /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-5-686, type
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linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-686 root=/dev/sda1 ro
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-5-686
boot
Do you have any Live debian media, such as debian Live CD or debian live USB flash drive?
If you have, boot with the media and open terminal and execute
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su
fdisk -lu
With my debian squeeze installed in an partition with kernel vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-686, mere kernel cannot mount correctly the / partition, because the suitable mounting process is executed by init in initramfs.qjqqyy wrote:will deleting the initrd line help? debian can boot without initrd right?
So, it booted without initramfs (/boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-5-686), but I could not do anything but restarting by pressing ALT+SysRq+r,s,e,i,u,b.
I do not know if there is kernel which can boot and mount correctly the / filesystem without initramfs, or not.
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Re: First boot - stuck on 'Loading initial ramdisk'
Thanks for this i'll have a go, although does look fairly complex to me :S.kiyop wrote:At Grub menu, press C to enter into command line.
I hope the version of Grub is 1.9...
Typeand find the expression for the / partition (or /boot partition). In case the / partition (/dev/sda1) is expressed as (hd0,1),Code: Select all
ls
and so on to find correct kernel and initramfs (initial ram filesystem?).Code: Select all
set root=(hd0,1) ls /boot/
In case the kernel is /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-686 and the initramfs is /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-5-686, typeand see what happens.Code: Select all
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-686 root=/dev/sda1 ro initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-5-686 boot
Do you have any Live debian media, such as debian Live CD or debian live USB flash drive?
If you have, boot with the media and open terminal and executeand submit the result.Code: Select all
su fdisk -lu
With my debian squeeze installed in an partition with kernel vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-686, mere kernel cannot mount correctly the / partition, because the suitable mounting process is executed by init in initramfs.qjqqyy wrote:will deleting the initrd line help? debian can boot without initrd right?
So, it booted without initramfs (/boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-5-686), but I could not do anything but restarting by pressing ALT+SysRq+r,s,e,i,u,b.
I do not know if there is kernel which can boot and mount correctly the / filesystem without initramfs, or not.
Should this really happen? I mean its a stable version i've downloaded and i would have thought it would be "ready to go".
Does stuff like this happen a lot with Debian?
Re: First boot - stuck on 'Loading initial ramdisk'
Sorry for double post...
Just booted it up again and now its stuck here:
GRUB loading.
Welcome to GRUB!
It doesn't respond to any keystrokes
Just booted it up again and now its stuck here:
GRUB loading.
Welcome to GRUB!
It doesn't respond to any keystrokes
Re: First boot - stuck on 'Loading initial ramdisk'
There are a lot of ways that installation can go wrong, and there are some known issues.
http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/
Yeah I think it's pretty common with Debian, and computers in general to expect hardware/software issues. Especially when introducing components for the first time, like a bunch of kids on a playground.
Sounds like a hardware issue to me, like ecc ram or raid maybe?
http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/
Yeah I think it's pretty common with Debian, and computers in general to expect hardware/software issues. Especially when introducing components for the first time, like a bunch of kids on a playground.
Sounds like a hardware issue to me, like ecc ram or raid maybe?
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Re: First boot - stuck on 'Loading initial ramdisk'
I tried installing it with a RAID 1 array, but i figured that could be the problem, so i just created one large volume, then tried and it still had the same error
Re: First boot - stuck on 'Loading initial ramdisk'
I ran into the situation where grub did not install properly. I recommend trying to reinstall grub. There are 2 ways:
1. if you can boot into recovery mode, run
2. If you cannot boot into recovery mode, then using the install disk, choose rescue mode, mount the partition where you have installed squeeze. Here you can install grub manually (unfortunately, I do not remember the commands to install grub, but you can google for it).
I am not any expert by any means, but like I said, I did run into past install once or twice where grub did not get installed properly. The simplest solution is to go through the install process again instead of spending hours trying to fix it.
1. if you can boot into recovery mode, run
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os-prober
update-grub
I am not any expert by any means, but like I said, I did run into past install once or twice where grub did not get installed properly. The simplest solution is to go through the install process again instead of spending hours trying to fix it.
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Re: First boot - stuck on 'Loading initial ramdisk'
Oh, you had used raid, which is sometimes complicated to deal for beginners.
But you mentioned that grub cannot start even without raid.
Maybe hardware issue.
Can you boot with live CD and execute the following
and submit the result?
boot info script is also a good way to understand the reason of the problem.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/bootinfoscript/
Please refer to
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php? ... ub2+basics
Please be noticed that the above is for ubuntu which needs "sudo" command for getting root privilege.
But you mentioned that grub cannot start even without raid.
Maybe hardware issue.
Can you boot with live CD and execute the following
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su
fdisk -lu
boot info script is also a good way to understand the reason of the problem.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/bootinfoscript/
If your installed debian / partition is /dev/sda1 and filesystem is ext4 and /boot is not a separate partition from / partition,oldboy wrote:Here you can install grub manually (unfortunately, I do not remember the commands to install grub, but you can google for it).
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mount -t ext4 /dev/sda1 /mnt
grub-install --root-directory=/mnt /dev/sda
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php? ... ub2+basics
Please be noticed that the above is for ubuntu which needs "sudo" command for getting root privilege.
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Re: First boot - stuck on 'Loading initial ramdisk'
Hi guys, after my like 5th attempt at installing Debian.....it FINALLY worked........WOW
Thanks alot.
Now i have another question, im planning on installing openERP on there. I've made an error while doing the install, is there a way to restore the install back to its original settings through the command line?
Thanks.
Thanks alot.
Now i have another question, im planning on installing openERP on there. I've made an error while doing the install, is there a way to restore the install back to its original settings through the command line?
Thanks.