Failed to connect to server

[John Myshrall]

On Sun, 18 Jul 2004 13:56:21 -0400
Chris Aitken <aitken-BwLjziHGQLusTnJN9+BGXg at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> John Myshrall wrote:
> 
> <snip>
> 
> >The issue can apply to your NIC as well. It has to do with module-init-tools. See this link.
> >
> >http://knoppix.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8171  
> >  
> >
> OK. I read the whole thing, followed the steps to...
> 
> * boot to knoppix live CD
> * download knx-templates-0.39.tgz (which don't seem to get installed in 
> this guy's ten steps)
> * install knoppix to hd (sudo ./knoppix-installer)
> * download module-init-tools_3.1-pre5-1_i386.deb (since his suggested 
> module-init-tools_3.0-pre-1_i386.deb was not at the site indicated)
> * run sudo chroot /mnt/hda6/ /sbin/lilo -v
> * reboot to 'linux' (as his suggested LinuxOLD was not a choice)
> * drop to console (Ctrl-Alt-F1) as KDE loads
> * su
> * cd /boot
> * mkinitrd -o linux-2.6.1.gz (this, ironically, as you'll soon see is 
> supposed to "make an initrd image that WON'T cause a kernel panic")
> * vi /etc/lilo.conf to change 'initrd=/boot/initrd.gz' (mine was 
> actually something more like 'initrd=/boot/initrd.img-2.6.5') to 
> 'initrd=/boot/linux-2.6.1.gz'
> * update lilo with /sbin/lilo -v
> * install module-init-tools (perhaps the wrong one) with dpkg -i 
> module-init-tools_3.1-pre5-1_i386.deb
> * su
> * vi /etc/fstab to add the line, none    /sys   sysfs   defaults   0   0
> * :wq
> * reboot
> * choose 'linux 2.6
> and I got a lot of errors, the last being,
> 
> umount: devfs : not mounted
> pivot_root : No such file or directory
> /sbin/init : 418 : cannot open dev/ console : No such file
> Kernel panic : Attempted to kill init
> 
> I didn't want to be a slacker so I followed all the steps -- didn't work 
> for me. What am I after here, John - the 2.6 kernel or the 
> module-init-tools?

> Chris

What kernel are you booting too / want ?  This is to resolve the 2.6 known issues with knoppix. Remember it gives 2.4 and 2.6 options. 

For now when you boot to Kmoppix you would have to configure your  NIC everytime. Hmm this take all of about 30 seconds. 

I haven't looked at the update perhaps the fix may already be in. BTW Knoppix 3.3 does not have these issues, NIC or printing. 
 
John 
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