Re: New 2.6.9 kernel -- couldn't boot to SATA root.

[Dave <kernelpanic@ghettolan.org>]

Frederik Schueler wrote:

> Hello,
>
> can you describe the error? do you get a kernel panic because the root
> fs could not be found? does the initrd symlink in / exist?
>
> you should have something like this in /:
>
> lrwxrwxrwx    1 root root     37 Dec  4 13:32 initrd.img -> boot/initrd.img-2.6.9-9-amd64-k8
> lrwxrwxrwx    1 root root     34 Dec  4 13:32 vmlinuz -> boot/vmlinuz-2.6.9-9-amd64-k8
>
> (and the same for 2.6.8 or any other debian kernel you have still
> installed).
>
> Greetings
> Frederik Schueler
>
>  
I had the same issue, but forcing grub to update once the 
kernel-image-2.6.9-9-amd64-k8 package was installed, fixed my errors.

I do not have the exact error, my apologies, I am trying to offer a fix 
for anyone in the same situation.

Dave