live cd stops at initramfs

[James Dupin]

boot live cd
after a while it stops and tells me the following:

cp : unable to open /root/var/log (no such ...)
mounting /root/dev on /dev/.static/dev failed (no such...)
...
...
target filesystem doesn't have /sbin/init
busybox built in shell
/bin/sh: can't access tty; job control turned off
(initramfs)

if there is a way to connect a usb drive to the laptop while at this stage I will provide you with whatever logs you want/need.

Strangely it works on a dell 610 laptop while it doens't on my laptop (well it did once but after my laptop shut down abruptly due to battery out of energy I keep getting that)
MY PC:
VAIO VGN-FS215E
CPU intel celeron M370 1.50 GHz
Graphics Intel 915GM with up to 128 MB
RAM 2x256 MB
WLAN 802.11 b/g
SCREEN 15.4 WXGA X-black LCD
Optical Double layer DVD+-RW
French keyboard

[Tollef Fog Heen (tfheen)]

Please do:
set -x
. /scripts/casper
mountroot
and provide the output.

you should be able to connect and mount USB devices just fine at this stage.

[Eddy Pronk (epronk)]

output last command:

(initramfs) mountroot
+ mountroot
+ exec
+ exec
+ exec
+ exec
+ cp casper.log /root/var/log
cp: unable to open '/root/var/log/': No such file or directory

[Tollef Fog Heen (tfheen)]

Please provide /casper.log at this point, it should contain the needed debugging information.

[Eddy Pronk (epronk)]

The mount fails, but how to debug this.

In 5.10 it mount the cdrom as /dev/cdroms/cdrom0
Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision 3.20

/casper.log :

mount: Mounting /cdrom on /root/cdrom failed: Invalid argument
chroot: cannot execute debconf-communicate: No such file or directory
chroot: cannot execute /usr/lib/user-setup/user-setup-apply: No such file or directory
chroot: cannot execute debconf-communicate: No such file or directory
/scripts/casper-bottom/10adduser: /scripts/casper-bottom/10adduser: 48: cannot create /root/etc/environment: Directory nonexistent
/scripts/casper-bottom/12fstab: /scripts/casper-bottom/12fstab: 25: cannot create /root/etc/fstab: Directory nonexistent
grep: /root/usr/share/i18n/SUPPORTED: No such file or directory
/scripts/casper-bottom/14locales: /scripts/casper-bottom/14locales: 54: cannot create : Directory nonexistent
chroot: cannot execute /usr/sbin/locale-gen: No such file or directory
chroot: cannot execute [: No such file or directory
chroot: cannot execute [: No such file or directory
chroot: cannot execute /usr/bin/which: No such file or directory
/scripts/casper-bottom/18hostname: /scripts/casper-bottom/18hostname: 23: cannot create /root/etc/hostname: Directory nonexistent
/scripts/casper-bottom/18hostname: /scripts/casper-bottom/18hostname: 25: cannot create /root/etc/hosts: Directory nonexistent
chroot: cannot execute /usr/sbin/install-keymap: No such file or directory
chroot: cannot execute debconf-communicate: No such file or directory
chroot: cannot execute debconf-communicate: No such file or directory
mount: Mounting /sys on /root/sys failed: No such file or directory
mount: Mounting /proc on /root/proc failed: No such file or directory
chroot: cannot execute debconf-communicate: No such file or directory
grep: /root/usr/share/i18n/SUPPORTED: No such file or directory
/bin/casper-reconfigure: package 'xserver-xorg' is not installed
umount: Couldn't umount /root/sys: No such file or directory
umount: Couldn't umount /root/proc: No such file or directory
/scripts/casper-bottom/23networking: /scripts/casper-bottom/23networking: 25: cannot create /root/etc/network/interfaces: Directory nonexistent
/scripts/casper-bottom/23networking: /scripts/casper-bottom/23networking: 40: cannot create /root/etc/network/interfaces: Directory nonexistent
/scripts/casper-bottom/23networking: /scripts/casper-bottom/23networking: 49: cannot create /root/etc/network/interfaces: Directory nonexistent
/scripts/casper-bottom/23networking: /scripts/casper-bottom/23networking: 49: cannot create /root/etc/network/interfaces: Directory nonexistent
/scripts/casper-bottom/23networking: /scripts/casper-bottom/23networking: 49: cannot create /root/etc/network/interfaces: Directory nonexistent
/scripts/casper-bottom/23networking: /scripts/casper-bottom/23networking: 49: cannot create /root/etc/network/interfaces: Directory nonexistent
/scripts/casper-bottom/30accessibility: /scripts/casper-bottom/30accessibility: 55: Syntax error: "fi" unexpected (expecting ";;")

[James Dupin (james.dupin)]

Sorry takes me time to answer/follow up on that.

downloaded the official release version and the same happens

B ut I have just found out that by booting the live cd with acpi=off the problem does not occur.
will do for me.

James

[Eddy Pronk (epronk)]

> Sorry takes me time to answer/follow up on that.
>
> downloaded the official release version and the same happens
>
> B ut I have just found out that by booting the live cd with acpi=off the
> problem does not occur.
> will do for me.
>
> James

Thanks. I'll try it.
As soon as you get back on it and you want me to try something feel free
to contact me.

Eddy

[Benjamín Valero Espinosa (benjavalero)]

I have exactly the same bug on installing Ubuntu Feisty Herd 2 Live CD. I get the same output in "casper.log". The parameter "acpi=off" doesn't work for me.

[Luke Yelavich (themuso)]

Just wondering whether any of you have the same problem with the latest Ubuntu rleease, Ubuntu Gutsy?

[Wousser (wousser)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. The issue that you reported is one that should be reproducible with the live environment of the Desktop CD of the development release - Hardy Heron. It would help us greatly if you could test with it so we can work on getting it fixed in the next release of Ubuntu. You can find out more about the development release at [WWW] http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/ . Thanks again and we appreciate your help.

[James Dupin (james.dupin)]

Just tried with daily-live CD hardy and the problem did not occur with my computer.
I will consider this matter closed for me.