Dell Poweredge 2600 - /bin/sh: can't access tty; job control turned off

[jasonberryman]

We're trying to install Kubuntu & LinuxMCE onto a Dell Poweredge 2600.

The CD boots, we choose Install Kubuntu, we get the Kubuntu logo and then we're getting the error...

/bin/sh: can't access tty; job con trol turned off
(initramfs) [ 40.079485] sda: asking for cache data failed
[ 40.079555] sda: assuming drive cache: write through
[ 40.079860] sda: asking for cache data failed
[ 40.079906] sda: assuming drive cache: write through
[ 40.081173] sdb: asking for cache data failed
[ 40.081234] sdb: assuming drive cache: write through
[ 40.081531] sdb: asking for cache data failed
[ 40.081586] sdb: assuming drive cache: write through

Can anyone please help?

Many thanks,

Jason

[dibl]

Re: Dell Poweredge 2600 - /bin/sh: can't access tty; job control turned off

(initramfs) [ 40.079485] sda: asking for cache data failed
[ 40.079555] sda: assuming drive cache: write through
[ 40.079860] sda: asking for cache data failed
[ 40.079906] sda: assuming drive cache: write through
[ 40.081173] sdb: asking for cache data failed
[ 40.081234] sdb: assuming drive cache: write through
[ 40.081531] sdb: asking for cache data failed
[ 40.081586] sdb: assuming drive cache: write through

I'd say your first problem is in the "hard drive" domain -- not sure what exactly is the problem. Did you make a couple of partitions for "/" and "swap", or are you going to use the partitioner on the Install CD to do that? Might be better to make a GParted Live CD, and do the partitioning with that, in advance of installing the OS. :P

http://sourceforge.net/project/showf...kage_id=173828

[jasonberryman]

Re: Dell Poweredge 2600 - /bin/sh: can't access tty; job control turned off

We have successfully installed openSuSE 10.2 on this machine and then tried installing Feisty Fawn on top. openSuSE created the /, /boot & swap partitions.

With Kubuntu, we don't get to the desktop and we get the /bin/sh prompt about 4 seconds after selecting Install Kubuntu from the GRUB menu.

After removing the partitions and reconfiguring the RAID, we tried again and still get the same error.

[dibl]

Re: Dell Poweredge 2600 - /bin/sh: can't access tty; job control turned off

Hmmm.

You don't need a separate /boot partition for *buntu, and the "RAID" setup is a non-standard issue -- I can't advise you on that one. :P