Arch Linux

Description:

I tried to install Arch64 on a Dell XPS M1530 with the following configurations:
* FTP install from 2007.11-4
* Local install from 2007.11-4
* FTP install from 2007.8-2
* Local install from 2007.8-2

Partition layouts tried:
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sda1 /boot ext2
sda5 / reiserfs or ext3
sda6 /home reiserfs
sda7 swap
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sda1 / reiserfs
sda5 /home reiserfs
sda6 swap
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I tried with traditional /dev/sdX# and persistent by-uuid naming.

I tried with kernels 2.6.23, 2.6.24 and 2.6.24-ice (PKGBUILD from AUR).

I tried different mkinitcpio.conf configurations, mainly with or without pata and scsi hooks and with or without ata_generic and ahci modules.

I tried booting from the LiveCD with root=/dev/sda#.

The result is always the same:
After a successful and straightforward install, on the first boot GRUB loads normally the initramfs. udev runs normally and all the hardware is detected. Initramfs runs the filesystem module and detects reiserfs (or ext3). When initramfs finishes and kinit takes over I get some usual and ok ReiserFS (or ext3) mumbo jumbo, in the style "found reiserfs format 3.6 with standard journal; ordered data mode; journal parameters; using r5 hash to sort names", and then
kinit: Mounted root (reiserfs filesystem) readonly.
sh: root=/dev/sda5 [or sda5 or by-uuid]: No such file or directory
Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!


Additional info:
* package version(s):
Various kernel versions from 2.6.23 to 2.6.24-3 including -ice patchset

* config and/or log files etc.
Virtually any sane menu.lst and mkinitcpio.conf configurations one can imagine.


Steps to reproduce:
Not sure if this applies to some system other than the Dell XPS M1530. All I did was to install Arch64 with a dozen different partition layouts and mkinitcpio configurations.

I attach the kernel log from the LiveCD, the one that boots.