pirivan
November 4th, 2008, 04:49 PM
Hello,
I have a sample tablet PC loaded with Windows XP on which I want to install Intrepid. I successfully booted Intrepid from a USB stick, resized the NTFS partition to get some space for Intrepid, and proceeded with the installation.
Everything goes well, there are no reported installation errors. I then reboot the tablet and successfully get into the Grub menu. From there I can boot XP with no problems, but when I select the Linux kernel the screen goes blank right away, and I mean it, right away. I don't believe the Linux kernel gets to be loaded at all; the tablet doesn't respond to any key.
If I boot from the USB stick again, I can see the new partitions allocated to Intrepid (one swap and one for /). The root file system is there, fully populated, and I can even chroot into it without problems. I checked the uuid values for the partition and they seem OK, I mean, the uuid of the partitions in grub's menu.list file match the output of the vol_id command when using the live system.
The tablet has this Toshiba ZIF drive (http://www.toshibastorage.com/main.aspx?Path=StorageSolutions/1.8-inchHardDiskDrives/MK6028GAL/MK6028GALSpecifications) and I wonder if there is something specific that has to be done with it. I haven't fully reformatted the entire drive because I need to keep the XP partition.
Attached you will find some system info taken while running the live system. I'd appreciate any suggestions on what to do next.
Thanks you,
--
Pedro
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo fdisk -l /dev/sda
Disk /dev/sda: 60.0 GB, 60011642880 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7296 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xc40ac40a
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 3824 30716248+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 3825 4079 2048287+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda3 * 4080 7296 25840552+ 83 Linux
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ dmesg|grep sda
[ 9.113860] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 117210240 512-byte hardware sectors (60012 MB)
[ 9.113940] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
[ 9.113950] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
[ 9.114085] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[ 9.114329] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 117210240 512-byte hardware sectors (60012 MB)
[ 9
.114403] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
[ 9.114412] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
[ 9.114546] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[ 9.114562] sda:<6>usb 1-8: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 9.409018] sda1 sda2 sda3
[ 9.434219] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk
[ 99.817898] Adding 2048276k swap on /dev/sda2. Priority:-1 extents:1 across:2048276k
[ 724.461889] EXT3 FS on sda3, internal journal
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo mount /dev/sda3 /mnt
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ cat /mnt/boot/grub/menu.lst (abridged)
title Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-7-generic
uuid a491c8f3-a51f-40a4-abca-c88864b6c56d
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-7-generic root=UUID=a491c8f3-a51f-40a4-abca-c88864b6c56d ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-7-generic
quiet
title Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-7-generic (recovery mode)
uuid a491c8f3-a51f-40a4-abca-c88864b6c56d
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-7-generic root=UUID=a491c8f3-a51f-40a4-abca-c88864b6c56d ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-7-generic
title Ubuntu 8.10, memtest86+
uuid a491c8f3-a51f-40a4-abca-c88864b6c56d
kernel /boot/memtest86+.bin
quiet
title Microsoft Windows XP Professional
root (hd0,0)
savedefault
chainloader +1
I have a sample tablet PC loaded with Windows XP on which I want to install Intrepid. I successfully booted Intrepid from a USB stick, resized the NTFS partition to get some space for Intrepid, and proceeded with the installation.
Everything goes well, there are no reported installation errors. I then reboot the tablet and successfully get into the Grub menu. From there I can boot XP with no problems, but when I select the Linux kernel the screen goes blank right away, and I mean it, right away. I don't believe the Linux kernel gets to be loaded at all; the tablet doesn't respond to any key.
If I boot from the USB stick again, I can see the new partitions allocated to Intrepid (one swap and one for /). The root file system is there, fully populated, and I can even chroot into it without problems. I checked the uuid values for the partition and they seem OK, I mean, the uuid of the partitions in grub's menu.list file match the output of the vol_id command when using the live system.
The tablet has this Toshiba ZIF drive (http://www.toshibastorage.com/main.aspx?Path=StorageSolutions/1.8-inchHardDiskDrives/MK6028GAL/MK6028GALSpecifications) and I wonder if there is something specific that has to be done with it. I haven't fully reformatted the entire drive because I need to keep the XP partition.
Attached you will find some system info taken while running the live system. I'd appreciate any suggestions on what to do next.
Thanks you,
--
Pedro
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo fdisk -l /dev/sda
Disk /dev/sda: 60.0 GB, 60011642880 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7296 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xc40ac40a
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 3824 30716248+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 3825 4079 2048287+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda3 * 4080 7296 25840552+ 83 Linux
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ dmesg|grep sda
[ 9.113860] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 117210240 512-byte hardware sectors (60012 MB)
[ 9.113940] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
[ 9.113950] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
[ 9.114085] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[ 9.114329] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 117210240 512-byte hardware sectors (60012 MB)
[ 9
.114403] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
[ 9.114412] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
[ 9.114546] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[ 9.114562] sda:<6>usb 1-8: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 9.409018] sda1 sda2 sda3
[ 9.434219] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk
[ 99.817898] Adding 2048276k swap on /dev/sda2. Priority:-1 extents:1 across:2048276k
[ 724.461889] EXT3 FS on sda3, internal journal
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo mount /dev/sda3 /mnt
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ cat /mnt/boot/grub/menu.lst (abridged)
title Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-7-generic
uuid a491c8f3-a51f-40a4-abca-c88864b6c56d
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-7-generic root=UUID=a491c8f3-a51f-40a4-abca-c88864b6c56d ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-7-generic
quiet
title Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-7-generic (recovery mode)
uuid a491c8f3-a51f-40a4-abca-c88864b6c56d
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-7-generic root=UUID=a491c8f3-a51f-40a4-abca-c88864b6c56d ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-7-generic
title Ubuntu 8.10, memtest86+
uuid a491c8f3-a51f-40a4-abca-c88864b6c56d
kernel /boot/memtest86+.bin
quiet
title Microsoft Windows XP Professional
root (hd0,0)
savedefault
chainloader +1