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vladuz976

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From: Venice, CA

Registered: 2005-11-04

Posts: 108

error messages on boot

i use archck kernel 0.7.1 noodle and it boots fine, excet for this error i get
it goes by really fast, but it's something like this:

coudn't umount / initrd no such file or directory

and i get two of those messages,
what could be wrong?

kozaki

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From: London >. < Paris

Registered: 2005-06-13

Posts: 673

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Re: error messages on boot

vladuz could you post your /boot/grub/menu.lst out here ?

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vladuz976

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From: Venice, CA

Registered: 2005-11-04

Posts: 108

Re: error messages on boot

vladuz could you post your /boot/grub/menu.lst out here ?

# Config file for GRUB - The GNU GRand Unified Bootloader
# /boot/grub/menu.lst

# DEVICE NAME CONVERSIONS
#
#  Linux           Grub
# -------------------------
#  /dev/fd0        (fd0)
#  /dev/hda        (hd0)
#  /dev/hdb2       (hd1,1)
#  /dev/hda3       (hd0,2)
#

#  FRAMEBUFFER RESOLUTION SETTINGS
#     +-------------------------------------------------+
#          | 640x480    800x600    1024x768   1280x1024
#      ----+--------------------------------------------
#      256 | 0x301=769  0x303=771  0x305=773   0x307=775
#      32K | 0x310=784  0x313=787  0x316=790   0x319=793
#      64K | 0x311=785  0x314=788  0x317=791   0x31A=794
#      16M | 0x312=786  0x315=789  0x318=792   0x31B=795
#     +-------------------------------------------------+

# general configuration:
timeout   5
default   0
color light-blue/black light-cyan/blue

# boot sections follow
# each is implicitly numbered from 0 in the order of appearance below
#
# TIP: If you want a 1024x768 framebuffer, add "vga=773" to your kernel line.
#
#-*

# (0) ArchCK
title ArchCK [/boot/vmlinuz26archck]
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz26archck root=/dev/hda3 ro video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr,1024x768-32@70
initrd /initramfs-2.6.15-archck.img

# (1) Arch Linux
title  Arch Linux [/boot/vmlinuz26]
root   (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz26 root=/dev/hda3
initrd /initrd26.img

Spider.007

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Registered: 2004-06-20

Posts: 1,175

Re: error messages on boot

Do you have a /initrd directory? I do, and I have removed it once; but had to use a rescue-CD to add it :X I am not sure if it is still needed; but you might add it if it doesn't exist to see if it works

vladuz976

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From: Venice, CA

Registered: 2005-11-04

Posts: 108

Re: error messages on boot

Do you have a /initrd directory? I do, and I have removed it once; but had to use a rescue-CD to add it :X I am not sure if it is still needed; but you might add it if it doesn't exist to see if it works

i actually have that directory

tomk

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From: Ireland

Registered: 2004-07-21

Posts: 9,839

Re: error messages on boot

It's a known bug, vladuz, and it's completely harmless. Try not watching your screen at boot-time.

vladuz976

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From: Venice, CA

Registered: 2005-11-04

Posts: 108

Re: error messages on boot

It's a known bug, vladuz, and it's completely harmless. Try not watching your screen at boot-time.

ah, ok. i was wondering coz i the system runs perfectly fine otherwise.