Problem installing MEPIS: '/etc/init: 5: linuxrc not found'

bluesman2333 · 04-01-2007, 01:07 PM

I just successfully installed Mepis 6.5 RC3 on an ECS/Intel 945 MOBO. I must now eat my words. I would guess that my other attempts to install 6.5 must have been on systems with that controller. That must be one popular controller!

pofadda · 04-01-2007, 02:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jay73

It is the jmicron controller if you ask me. It fails to install on my C2D-ASUS P5B-ATI system too; no such problems installing to my AMD-Asrock-ATI pc.

I think it's hardly surprising seeing that they are still using 2.6.15 or what is it. It takes at least 2.6.18 to get any decent support for the jmicron controller;
[snip]

Well, MY jMicron bombs out on all recent distros tried but Zenwalk and 2.6.18 was used in many of them...

...and, yes,

Quote:

Originally Posted by tekkieman

but in "any of the choices" you tried, was the specific jmicron option one of them?

I did. My heart first leapt as I beheld it

and then sank as I saw the lack of results.

My SATA DVD drive - my last hope, Ifear - should arrive this week. I'll say if it succeeds.

Lamb0 · 04-01-2007, 10:53 PM

The machines I got that error message on only had 192-256MB. With 512MB or more - no problem, except... the Celery 1200 256MB has ONLY pci slots and the on-board graphics allow a Max of 800x600 with 1MB of shared ram.
MEPISLite worked fine.

jay73 · 04-06-2007, 02:42 AM

pofadda,

These should work OK: Mandriva 2007.1, Ubuntu 6.10 (liveCD), Fedora Core 6, PCLinuxOS 2007, Sabayon 3.3, Debian Etch (latest isos), Slackware 11 (if you select the 2.6 kernel)
And those had to be stubborn again

: Suse 10.2, Mepis 6.5

Don't know what's with those Mepis guys... They've been having that jmicron option on the boot menu at least since RC2 and still it's not working. Rub it in some more. I even posted on their forum about RC2 to point out the problem; they suggested I install 32 bit instead ...

Anyway, as you can see, there are quite a number of distros that do handle the Jmicron alright - all of them 2.6.18 (Mandriva even has only 2.6.17 - a patched version, however). I understand there is also - somewhere, God knows where - a hidden option in the Suse installer that does enable the Jmicron controller - it doesn't appear to work for everyone, though.

And yes, the SATA DVD should help. Personally, I bought a PCI IDE controller card last year and that works too.

hyapadi · 04-06-2007, 04:32 AM

I experienced the same problem too.
My computer have jmicron chip and refuse to work with mepis 6.5 final and rc3. No matter which boot option I choose.

While latest Knoppix 5.1 work fine with jmicron.

I think mepis is a bit too early to say that it support jmicron. Can somebody submit the bug report to mepis?

Thanks