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List:       ubuntu-users
Subject:    Installation Problems: powerpc, Release Candidate, B&W G3
From:       mdz () canonical ! com (Matt Zimmerman)
Date:       2004-10-16 4:50:15
Message-ID: 20041016045015.GB5362 () alcor ! net
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On Fri, Oct 15, 2004 at 12:14:30PM -0400, David McLaughlin wrote:

> I just downloaded the latest RC ISO for PowerPC, and I continue to have
> problems installing on my B&W G3. After the machine reboots after the CD
> installation is complete, I get the following error messages:
> 
> [Tux Picture]
> audit(1097856659.239.0): initialized
> Starting Ubuntu...
> pivot_root: No such file or directory
> /sbin/init: 429: cannot open dev/console: No such file
> Kernel panic: Attempted to kill init
> 
> At this point, nothing further works, and I'm forced to reboot. I thought
> this may have been a known error in the kernel, but I thought I remembered
> seeing that that problem had been resolved, so I was wondering if this is
> perhaps something different.

Yes, we did fix an issue with similar symptoms (described as part of
https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=496).

So if you are still experiencing this with the RC (make sure you've
downloaded the CD that you expected), it may be a different bug.

-- 
 - mdz



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