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Re: Apt-get Update problem



On Thu, May 11, 2006 at 03:32:15PM -0400, Robert Oram wrote:
> Hi all,
> Now I get "*Alert!  /dev/hda3 does not exist.  Dropping to a shell!*".  

[ ... ]

> I am running Etch kernel 2.6.15-8 on a 164LX.

What is your hard disk? Possibly the most usual cause of this is SATA
disks, which exist as /dev/hd* under a 2.4 kernel, but /dev/sd* under a
2.6 kernel, so you need to change the root parameter to your kernel.

Cheers,

Phil

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