Can't access tty

[merlwiz79]

This should get you going.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php? ... piron+1720

[scorp123]

Taken from here:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=421588

At the LiveCD initial boot screen:

o Select F6 for more options
o Add the following option to the beginning of the options list:
break=top

o Press enter to start booting

Ubuntu will start booting, but kick you out to a command prompt; at the prompt type these two commands:

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modprobe piix
exit

You will now boot into the LiveCD normally.

If you choose to install from the LiveCD, you must make the following modifications (or else your installed system will not be able to boot, just like the LiveCD):

o Make note of the device id of the partitions that were used to install (such as /dev/hda1)

-- if you choose to install the '/boot' mount from a different partition make note of it as well (this would be done from the manual partition selection); just a side note -- if you do this, make sure the boot partition is at least 50MB or the install will error at grub setup

o When the install is complete do not reboot -- stay in the LiveCD
o Open a terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal)
o You must now mount the installed partitions by typing the following (assuming the install was to /dev/hda1; otherwise replace '/dev/hda1' with the install partition) commands:

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mkdir target
sudo mount /dev/hda1 target

*if you also created a boot partition issue (replace /dev/hda2 with the boot partition) the command:

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sudo mount /dev/hda2 target/boot

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sudo chroot target

o You will now be in a 'chroot' command prompt for your new ubuntu system (be careful here, you are editing with root access!)

o You must edit the /etc/initramfs-tools/modules file; adding a line with the word: piix
-- you should do this with your favorite unix editor; or simply type the command:

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echo piix >> /etc/initramfs-tools/modules

o After modifying the file you must update the system with the command

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update-initramfs -u

o When complete, type 'exit' to exit the chroot env; you can now close the Terminal and reset your system.

Now when you boot you will be in your new shinny Ubuntu system!

[scorp123]

That did the trick! Works perfectly now! Thanks a million!

You're welcome

[delinquent]

Even though I added break=top to the options
and then modprobe piix and so on,
I get end-request:I/O dev fd0 error which runs on several lines and again I am thrown back to busybox console.
I also tried to delete "quiet splash" at the option and put break=bottom as it was suggested in this forum to no avail.
Can someone help me solve this?

thanks in advance

[scorp123]

end-request:I/O dev fd0

"fd0" is the floppy disk device. Totally irrelevant these days. Whatever your problem is: that message about "fd0" can be safely ignored and is not involved. Try if you see any other error messages ... ?

[delinquent]

what I did is to add the option (F6) "all generic_ide" and "irqpoll" (without the quotes) instead of
"quiet splash --" at the end of the line. that did the trick!
I could then install mint at last.