Re: Upgrading Sarge to Etch - failing to boot new kernel

[Piotrek Gliźniewicz <glizda@gmail.com>]

> > > Another option: Could you try "linux-image-2.6-alpha-legacy" instead
> > > of -generic? This uses another start address that may be needed for
> > > some machines and MILO. But as you have read from my prev message
> > > below, I don't think any kernel after 2.6.22 would work. As you are
> > > trying .18, you should have luck, but don’t upgrade to etchnhalf!
> >
> > Okay, haven't expected to find a kernel on the 3rd DVD. I will try it
> > after the weekend and report whether it works.
>
> Good news, it worked. So now I'm running Etch with the 2.6.18 legacy
> kernel. For now it's only the base system without X, using the english
> locale, but other packages shouldn't interfere with MILO. The Lenny DVD
> contains a 2.6.26 legacy kernel image - I feel I will succumb to the
> temptation to install it - at worst it will cost me one hour of
> reinstalling Etch-through-Sarge.
> Best and thanks for help,

So, the upgrade to Lenny went without problems. It also installed 
automatically the 2.6.26. The problem with 2.6.26 is, it panics because 
it can't find my SCSI drive (the 2.6.18 still boots fine). It will print 
the message to add the correct 'root' parameter, then the available 
partitions message, after which it doesn't print any. I assume something 
has changed in the order things are initialized? I found this:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=323885
Tried mv /etc/rcS.d/S40hotplug /etc/rcS.d/S25hotplug but it didn't work 
(neither proceeds further nor prints any available partitions). I also 
know, that IDE drives where moved from hda... to sda..., so I expect to 
find what previously was /dev/sdb7 at /dev/sdf7, but setting this as 
root does not help.
Any clue what should be done now?

Best,
--
piotrek