Bug 1667

Summary:	[gentoo-user] Unable to install from the i686 iso image
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Spider (RETIRED) <spider>
Component:	[OLD] Core system	Assignee:	Spider (RETIRED) <spider>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Spider (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2002-04-10 22:28:08 UTC

from: prabhakar@chaganti.net


I just downloaded and created a cd from the i686 iso from
gentoo.org. Tried to boot from it on my thinkpad 600 and get this
error message:
   Warning:unable to open initial console.
	EXT2-fs error(device ramdisk(1,0)): ext_2_check_page:
	bad entry in directory #3857: unaligned directory entry -offset=0, inode=715229300, 
   rec_len=51738, name_len=182 
	EXT2-fs error(device ramdisk(1,0)): ext_2_check_page: bad entry in
   directory #3845: directory entry across blocks - offset=0, inode=2112677348,
rec_len=56860,
	name_len=249  
   kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!

I have been using redhat and mandrake 	previously. Just in case it is a bad cdr, I
downloaded the iso again and created another cd. Same error message. 

Can anyone help point me in the right direction. I would really like to install
and use gentoo...

thanks
prabhakar chaganti

Comment 1 Daniel Robbins (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2002-04-12 23:40:44 UTC

I seem to remember some fix for this in a more recent -ac kernel.

Comment 2 Spider (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2002-04-13 05:55:22 UTC

mmh, if you need more info I suggest getting in touch with the person on the
list who reported it, except for that I think we are done here. closing bug time?