Not sure if this an Installation issue or a Dist-upgrade issue.
I installed siduction-21.1.0-cblues-kde-amd64-202102141913.iso on a Lenovo Ideapd 3 Core i7 512 mb SSD.
The first time I used the non-EFI method but it didn't work. I then successfully installed it with EFI.
When I did a dist-upgrade I got the following : (typed in from a mobile phone photo of my ideapad screen)
[ 1.999132] ahci 0000:00:17.0: failed to start port 0 (errno= 12)
[ 2:091412] xhci_hcd 0000:00:14.0: can't setup: -12
[ 2.092122] xhci_hcd 0000:00:14.0 init 0000:00:14.0 fail, -12
mdadm: No arrays found in config file or automatically
mdadm: No arrays found in config file or automatically
mdadm: No arrays found in config file or automatically
...
mdadm: No arrays found in config file or automatically
mdadm: No arrays found in config file or automatically
mdadm error opening /dev/md?*: No such file or directory
mdadm: No arrays found in config file or automatically
mdadm: No arrays found in config file or automatically
...
mdadm: No arrays found in config file or automatically
mdadm: No arrays found in config file or automatically
Gave up waiting for suspend/resume device
mdadm: No arrays found in config file or automatically
Gave up waiting for root file system device. Common problems:
- Boot args (cat /proc/cmdline)
- check rootdelay= (did this system unit wait long enough?
- Missing modules (cat /proc/modules; ls /dev)
ALERT! UUID=7dffddfb-d0f-42e6-852f-f56a205bcf81 does not exist. Dropping to shell
Busybox v1.30.1 (Debian 1:1.30.1-6*b2) built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.
(initramfs)
I could still log in with the old kernel
I tried reinstalling from the live USB and immediately did a dist upgrade and got the same result though the UUID referred to in the code above was different.
I am using a separate home partition which was copied from an install on a a previous Ideapad.
To get the touchpad to work I added "pci=nocrs" to the /etc/default/grub file.
i'm thinking I may have corrupted the boot record from my attempt at a non-EFI installation which may have confused to EFI bootloader?
I tried again as a non-EFI install but the installation just hung after unpacking the live USB files. so I went back to the EFI based installation.
Is there some way to fix the installation so I can perform dist-upgrades?
Thanks
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