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st1cky_rice 12-12-2005 09:53 AM
Sid unbootable after kernel upgrade
 
Hi everyone,

after "apt-get upgrade"ing my kernel (2.6.14) I got a message telling me I should immediately reboot (and that it's very important to do so) after the upgrade process is done. Which I did, and I can't boot my Debian anymore...this is what I got on my screen:

Quote:
/bin/cat: /sys/block/hda/dev: No such file or directory
Waiting 1 seconds for /sys/block/hda/dev to show up
...
it then waited another 2, 4, 8, 16 seconds before it said:

Quote:
Device /sys/block/hda/dev seems to be down.
Debugging opportunity, type ^D to continue
So I typed Control-D and I got

Quote:
/bin/dash: can't access tty; job control turned off
How should I proceed next? Thanks!

nx5000 12-12-2005 10:17 AM
See this

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=343042

I've not tested it yet.

st1cky_rice 12-12-2005 10:31 AM
2.6.12
 
Thanks nx5000! From the bug report I learned that one can still boot the 2.6.12 kernel...so at least I could log into my Debian and access my files...I'm sure the Debian Team will fix the bug soon!

Crushing Belial 12-12-2005 10:42 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by st1cky_rice
Thanks nx5000! From the bug report I learned that one can still boot the 2.6.12 kernel...so at least I could log into my Debian and access my files...I'm sure the Debian Team will fix the bug soon!
That's why it's good to always leave the previous kernel installed, until you're sure there's no issues with booting the new kernel.

h2gofast 12-12-2005 10:54 AM
same thing happened here, and dittos on leaving the previous kernel installed.

btw, in the bug report there is a workaround.

Quote:
1. Added to /etc/yaird/Default.cfg:

MODULE ide-generic
MODULE ide-disk

2. Created new initrd image:

rm /boot/initrd.img-2.6.14-2-686
yaird -v -o /boot/initrd.img-2.6.14-2-686 2.6.14-2-686

3. Reboot.

hda now properly recognized and boot completes.
haven't tried it yet so go at your own risk

nx5000 12-12-2005 11:28 AM
It works perfectly.

h2gofast 12-12-2005 11:34 AM
yeah me too, just remember to get the kernel number correct, e.g. If you're running amd then 686 would be k7

pinknick 12-18-2005 07:08 AM
Thanks for this post
 
I spent two days trying to make my debian works. Now I found your post and it worked perfectly.

Thanks!


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