On Thu, 10 Mar 2011 15:18:12 +0200, bill . wrote:

Hello and thanks for your work with the newest ISO's. I really don't know if this is the best place to post about problems with the latest testing releases so excuse me beforehand.

I wanted to make a new install on a virtualbox machine and i used the 2011.03.09 iso. Before i am even dropped to a console to start the installation i get the following error

ERROR: while mounting root (aufs) filesystem. /bin/sh: can't access tty; job control turned off [ramfs /]#

It switches on a ramfs console and i can't continue the installation. I searched the net but couldn't find anything to help me. Let me know if there is a way to provide more info.

This was due to a bug in the auf2 package. https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/23208

I used the 2011.03.05 iso and this time it started the installation with no problem. I was able to finish the procedure normally except for the part where it installs the bootloader. I was only given the option to install it on partitions (*/dev/sdX#*) and not on a hard disk itself. (like* /dev/sdX)

*As expected I couldn't boot into my new installation and i had to to use the "grub setup" command (from within the installation iso) to install the loader on the mbr.

This is a know issue and was fixed in git. https://github.com/Dieterbe/aif/commit/55190c0c81fc76f8b2b3983e790f2c7aacf4e...

And again, if this isn't the correct place to report problems, please direct me to a better one. Thanks!

Thanks for testing

pyther