SLAX does not boot

Linunix · 03-27-2006, 12:27 AM

Tried to use Slax 5.0.8 on my machine. Startup runs good for a while and then ends in a kernel panic reporting about "hdc - unknown partition table". What is hdc? Probably the CD-ROM drive. - Something seems deeply confused here! Do I have to give up on it?

gbonvehi · 03-27-2006, 11:15 AM

You'll probably find the answer on Slax forum: http://slax.linux-live.org/forum/

To know what's hdc, try: dmesg | grep hdc

static corruption · 03-29-2006, 01:03 PM

Have you used any other past slax version before the 5.0.8 on the pc in question? Like 5.0.6 or 5.0.7b etc. Could just need a boot cheatcode to stop what is crashing and then again it might just not like your hardware. Thats why I asked about another slax version running this PC before the 5.0.8 panic'd out. If another slax like your pc then its not hardware.
On a side note. The hdc is the cdrom and hdd would be the2nd cdrom if present. All partitions on first HD are hda1-5-6-8 etc.The hdb1-5-6 etc would be the 2nd physical HD an partitions if present.

Randux · 03-29-2006, 01:24 PM

Sounds like maybe you should burn another ISO and try again. Maybe there is something wrong with the CD you have- it would explain the problem.

Linunix · 04-02-2006, 08:50 AM

I have reason to believe that hdc is an LS-120 drive which exists on my machine, for which perhaps there is no support on the Slax CD. - No, this is my first attempt with Slax. Knoppix is running well, but then it is a few Megs larger!

the.madjack · 04-10-2006, 11:14 AM

maybe u can copy the entire slax into ram and give a try. issue this on the boot prompt :-

slax copy2ram

hope this helps...

ramiroquai · 04-14-2006, 04:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Linunix

What is hdc? Probably the CD-ROM drive. - Something seems deeply confused here! Do I have to give up on it?

Hello Linunix!

hdc is your secondary ide device, for example, hdc1 is your secondary master disk/cdrom and hdc2 your slave disk/cdrom.
Apparently you have some kind of problem with that device, try to disable it from your BIOS. Slax is a great distro. You can download Slax 5.6.0 from the official site.

Good luck from Argentina!

onebuck · 04-14-2006, 08:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Linunix

I have reason to believe that hdc is an LS-120 drive which exists on my machine, for which perhaps there is no support on the Slax CD. - No, this is my first attempt with Slax. Knoppix is running well, but then it is a few Megs larger!

Hi,

What is the output of;

Code:

#dmesg |grep hd

My sample dmesg |grep hd ;

Code:

    ide0: BM-DMA at 0xfcd0-0xfcd7, BIOS settings: hda:pio, hdb:pio
    ide1: BM-DMA at 0xfcd8-0xfcdf, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:pio
hda: TOSHIBA MK4025GAS, ATA DISK drive
hdc: MATSHITA CR-175, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
hdd: LS-120 SLIM 05 UHD Floppy, ATAPI FLOPPY drive
hda: max request size: 128KiB
hda: 78140160 sectors (40007 MB), CHS=65535/16/63, UDMA(33)
hda: cache flushes supported
 hda: hda1 hda2 hda3 hda4 < hda5 hda6 hda7 hda8 >
hdc: ATAPI 24X CD-ROM drive, 128kB Cache, DMA
hdd: No disk in drive
hdd: 123264kB, 963/8/32 CHS, 533 kBps, 512 sector size, 720 rpm
EXT2-fs warning (device hda3): ext2_fill_super: mounting ext3 filesystem as ext2
Adding 498004k swap on /dev/hda2.  Priority:-1 extents:1
EXT3 FS on hda5, internal journal
EXT3 FS on hda8, internal journal
EXT3 FS on hda6, internal journal
EXT3 FS on hda7, internal journal

How is the device structured in BIOS?
By chance can you just disable the ls-120?

You are correct about no support for the LS-120 in Slax. They are planning to add the device in the next release;

http://www.livedistro.org/

Alien_Hominid · 04-15-2006, 04:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ramiroquai

Hello Linunix!
hdc is your secondary ide device, for example, hdc1 is your secondary master disk/cdrom and hdc2 your slave disk/cdrom.

Hello,

read this:
Hda - primary master
Hdb - primary slave
Hdc - secondary master
Hdd - secondary slave

Numbers don't mean master or slave, they mean partition numbers. For example, hda3 means my third partition in my primary master hard drive. If you have cdrom as hdc, hdc3 doesn't mean anything, because cds do not have lots of partitions like hard disks. Filesystem types of cdroms can be iso9660 (standard), udf, maybe some more, but only one type of them for cdrom. Music cds do not have partitions(file systems) at all, that's why you don't mount them.