Installation problem with Hardy(initramfs)

svar · 05-12-2008, 08:06 AM

With the live cd, I was able to both boot Hardy and also to use the installation menu on Windows(didn;'t finish because it was not clear what it was going to partition)
Now, I installed a new SATA disk and am trying to install Hardy on it.
(I already have a dual boot Slack-Suse on the machine-no Windows of course)
The problem is I can neither boot to Hardy, nor to any sort of installation menu. Instead I get a screen saying :BusyBox v1.1.3(DEbian 1.1.13....)
and a line
initramfs(106.97.5417]
ats2:SRST failed(errno=-16)

md5sum checks
Any idea what this is about?
I get a linux shell, but not much in terms of installation

My guess is that CDs are 700 M and Hardy just does not fit in a single CD. This is reinforced by
1): the fact that there is a file "Ubuntu" on the CD of 0 bytes
(there are also files README.diskdefines, umenu.exe, wubi.exe, autorun and md5sum as well as folders .disk, casper,dists, install,isolinux pics,pool and preseed)
2) that the CD is 100% full(699MB but 733079552 bytes)

I mean if that is the case, shouldn't there be a warning that one needs to burn a dvd?

verndog · 05-13-2008, 02:34 AM

I read something to try:
" Press ctrl+alt+f2 / ctrl+alt+f3 / ctrl+alt+f4
theres probably more info on another tty."

Apparently It got hungup on your first try. See if any info appears with one of the key commands above. You should see more help output

svar · 05-14-2008, 01:43 AM

burned another CD and tried again. Same thing. It does not matter if I try
test(demo) installation, installation or test CD for defects, it's always the same.

Noe of the ctrls combinations do anything

svar · 05-16-2008, 01:59 AM

I forgot to mention that I am trying to install on a Sata partition formated with Reiser. Could this matter? I saw someplace that somebody had to use a fat32 partition for 8.04 to install...

linuxlover.chaitanya · 05-16-2008, 02:25 AM

Sata HDD should not be an issue. I have Gutsy on SATA it is working fine and did not give any errors.
But this has been found that Hardy has got lot of issues for installation, keyboard and mouse detection.
Try if Gutsy passes the test.

svar · 05-16-2008, 07:54 AM

Gutsy also seems to have some problems. Maybe I'll reformat to ext3 first.

linuxlover.chaitanya · 05-16-2008, 11:59 PM

That will be ok.
Try ext3 by reformatting and if it still gives an error then will have look out for some other avenues of errors.
But I am running Gutsy with ext3 and have not faced any errors till now. ( Touch Wood )