linux-image/ramdisk/boot problem
Greetings!
After a linux-kernel-2.6.14-2-686 upgrade a couple of weeks ago
something went wrong with yaird, and it failed to generate a ramdisk.
Thougtless as I was, I forgot to fix the problem before I rebooted, and
my computer was then unbootable.
After that, every attempt I have made to install the linux-2.6.16-2-686
package, trying with both yaird and mkinitramfs, have resulted in the
system not being able to boot. The only solution I came up with was to
compile a non ramdisk kernel myself, and boot with that. That worked
great, but I want to use the default debian kernel. When I try to
install it, using yaird to generate the ramdisk, I get the following
error messages upon bootup:
ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with
idebus=xx
/bin/cat: /sys/block/hda/dev: No such file or directory
Waiting 1 seconds for /sys/block/hda/dev to show up
/bin/cat: /sys/block/hda/dev: No such file or directory
Waiting 2 seconds for /sys/block/hda/dev to show up
.
.
Device /sys/block/hda/dev seems to be down.
Debugging opportunity, type ^D to continue
/bin/dash: can't access tty; job control turned off
#
And this leaves me in a shell where I can't even type 'ls', and without
access to my hard drive, of course.
I have tried with and without forcing yaird to include the piix and/or
ide_generic drivers on the ramdisk.
Any suggestions?
Best regards,
TMS
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