Cannot install pve from Lenny

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Hi all,

I'd like to install Proxmox ve in a machine that I have no physical access. This machine has a Lenny 64 bits running with many virtual machines over KVM.
I've installed a testing environment in my machine, running a Lenny 64 bits, and follow this guide: http://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Install_Proxmox_VE_on_Debian_Lenny

After install pve-kernel with apt, I rebooted the machine, then started the problems.

I had a couple of problems leading me to kernel panics o addressing problems. Because of that I had to change the boot line removing de root=....#UUID and adding the options noacpi and acpi=off.

After this changes, proxmox kernel starts booting process but, and here is my actual problem, it halts waiting for a cdrom in /dev/sr0. I suppose that it is waiting for an installation cd, but it hasn't so much sense.

Any help?
Thanks in advance,

Moski
 
moski said:
After this changes, proxmox kernel starts booting process but, and here is my actual problem, it halts waiting for a cdrom in /dev/sr0. I suppose that it is waiting for an installation cd, but it hasn't so much sense.
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What parameters do you pass to the kernel (exactly)?
 
dietmar said:
What parameters do you pass to the kernel (exactly)?
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Hi!

This is it:

menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, linux 2.6.24-8-pve (on /dev/sda1)" {
insmod ext2
set root=(hd0,1)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 6a3889f5-fea1-4df8-bc74-0c7f0070170b
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-8-pve ro noacpi acpi=off
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-8-pve
}


Thanks for the quick reply!
Moski

PS: These are my lspci, meminfo and cpuinfo:

$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 Host Bridge
00:01.0 PCI bridge: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 9602
00:05.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 1)
00:06.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 2)
00:11.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 SATA Controller [IDE mode]
00:12.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0 Controller
00:12.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700 USB OHCI1 Controller
00:12.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB EHCI Controller
00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0 Controller
00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700 USB OHCI1 Controller
00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB EHCI Controller
00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 3a)
00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 IDE Controller
00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 LPC host controller
00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge
00:14.5 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI2 Controller
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] HyperTransport Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] Miscellaneous Control
00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] Link Control
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon HD 3200 Graphics
01:05.1 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc RS780 Azalia controller
02:00.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): JMicron Technology Corp. IEEE 1394 Host Controller
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 02)

moski@Evo:~$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
cpu family : 16
model : 2
model name : AMD Phenom(tm) 9650 Quad-Core Processor
stepping : 3
cpu MHz : 2310.449
cache size : 512 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 4
core id : 0
cpu cores : 4
apicid : 0
initial apicid : 0
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 5
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp lm 3dnowext 3dnow constant_tsc rep_good nonstop_tsc extd_apicid pni monitor cx16 popcnt lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs
bogomips : 4620.89
TLB size : 1024 4K pages
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 48 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management: ts ttp tm stc 100mhzsteps hwpstate

processor : 1
vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
cpu family : 16
model : 2
model name : AMD Phenom(tm) 9650 Quad-Core Processor
stepping : 3
cpu MHz : 2310.449
cache size : 512 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 4
core id : 1
cpu cores : 4
apicid : 1
initial apicid : 1
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 5
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp lm 3dnowext 3dnow constant_tsc rep_good nonstop_tsc extd_apicid pni monitor cx16 popcnt lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs
bogomips : 4620.87
TLB size : 1024 4K pages
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 48 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management: ts ttp tm stc 100mhzsteps hwpstate

processor : 2
vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
cpu family : 16
model : 2
model name : AMD Phenom(tm) 9650 Quad-Core Processor
stepping : 3
cpu MHz : 2310.449
cache size : 512 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 4
core id : 2
cpu cores : 4
apicid : 2
initial apicid : 2
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 5
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp lm 3dnowext 3dnow constant_tsc rep_good nonstop_tsc extd_apicid pni monitor cx16 popcnt lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs
bogomips : 4620.81
TLB size : 1024 4K pages
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 48 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management: ts ttp tm stc 100mhzsteps hwpstate

processor : 3
vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
cpu family : 16
model : 2
model name : AMD Phenom(tm) 9650 Quad-Core Processor
stepping : 3
cpu MHz : 2310.449
cache size : 512 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 4
core id : 3
cpu cores : 4
apicid : 3
initial apicid : 3
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 5
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp lm 3dnowext 3dnow constant_tsc rep_good nonstop_tsc extd_apicid pni monitor cx16 popcnt lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs
bogomips : 4621.09
TLB size : 1024 4K pages
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 48 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management: ts ttp tm stc 100mhzsteps hwpstate


$ cat /proc/meminfo
MemTotal: 3800188 kB
MemFree: 2041388 kB
Buffers: 216348 kB
Cached: 864528 kB
SwapCached: 0 kB
Active: 802080 kB
Inactive: 680760 kB
Active(anon): 405284 kB
Inactive(anon): 16 kB
Active(file): 396796 kB
Inactive(file): 680744 kB
Unevictable: 0 kB
Mlocked: 0 kB
SwapTotal: 3903752 kB
SwapFree: 3903752 kB
Dirty: 128 kB
Writeback: 0 kB
AnonPages: 401992 kB
Mapped: 119004 kB
Slab: 109112 kB
SReclaimable: 90332 kB
SUnreclaim: 18780 kB
PageTables: 20396 kB
NFS_Unstable: 0 kB
Bounce: 0 kB
WritebackTmp: 0 kB
CommitLimit: 5803844 kB
Committed_AS: 981244 kB
VmallocTotal: 34359738367 kB
VmallocUsed: 297152 kB
VmallocChunk: 34359440647 kB
HugePages_Total: 0
HugePages_Free: 0
HugePages_Rsvd: 0
HugePages_Surp: 0
Hugepagesize: 2048 kB
DirectMap4k: 81408 kB
DirectMap2M: 1753088 kB
DirectMap1G: 2097152 kB
 
moski said:
Code: 
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 6a3889f5-fea1-4df8-bc74-0c7f0070170b
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-8-pve ro noacpi acpi=off
Click to expand...

I am not sure about that search parameter. Our init expect to see a 'root=/dev/xxxxxx' entry. We usually use LVM, so the default entry looks like:

Code: 
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-8-pve root=/dev/pve/root ro
 
dietmar said:
I am not sure about that search parameter. Our init expect to see a 'root=/dev/xxxxxx' entry. We usually use LVM, so the default entry looks like:

Code: 
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-8-pve root=/dev/pve/root ro
Click to expand...

Ok, I removed search parameter and leave the linux line as:

Code: 
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-8-pve root=/dev/sda ro
but with this came again the problem with acpi that leads me to an screen saying:
Code: 
Kernel alive
Kernel direct mapping tables up to 120000000 @ 8000-e000
leaving the line as:
Code: 
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-8-pve root=/dev/sda ro noacpi acpi=off
start booting but halts at the following message:

Code: 
mount: mounting /dev/sda on /mnt/ failed: invalid argument.
Any idea?
Thanks a lot for helping!

M
 
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