Bug#353065: marked as done (linux-image-2.6.15-1-k7: update of 2.6.15-1-k7 results in unstartable system)
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Package: linux-image-2.6.15-1-k7
Version: 2.6.15-6
Severity: critical
Justification: breaks the whole system
Ran an aptitude update - linux-image-2.6.15-1-k7 updated.
Rebooted as advised (since it's the same version as the running kernel
under update).
During boot it states that it can't find /dev/hda2 and drops back to
busybox.
/dev/hda2 is my root & boot partition.
2.6.12-1-k7 still boots OK.
Notes - this is a standard deb kernel with initrd and udev booting from
grub.
I have no idea how to go about debugging this and of course - since it
can't find the disks - no logs to look in :(
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (990, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.12-1-k7
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.15-1-k7 depends on:
ii initramfs-tools [linux-initra 0.51 tools for generating an initramfs
ii module-init-tools 3.2.2-2 tools for managing Linux kernel mo
Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.15-1-k7 recommends:
ii libc6-i686 2.3.6-1 GNU C Library: Shared libraries [i
-- debconf information:
linux-image-2.6.15-1-k7/postinst/depmod-error-initrd-2.6.15-1-k7: false
linux-image-2.6.15-1-k7/postinst/old-initrd-link-2.6.15-1-k7: true
linux-image-2.6.15-1-k7/preinst/abort-install-2.6.15-1-k7:
linux-image-2.6.15-1-k7/postinst/create-kimage-link-2.6.15-1-k7: true
linux-image-2.6.15-1-k7/postinst/depmod-error-2.6.15-1-k7: false
linux-image-2.6.15-1-k7/postinst/kimage-is-a-directory:
linux-image-2.6.15-1-k7/preinst/lilo-has-ramdisk:
linux-image-2.6.15-1-k7/preinst/failed-to-move-modules-2.6.15-1-k7:
linux-image-2.6.15-1-k7/preinst/overwriting-modules-2.6.15-1-k7: true
linux-image-2.6.15-1-k7/postinst/old-system-map-link-2.6.15-1-k7: true
linux-image-2.6.15-1-k7/postinst/bootloader-error-2.6.15-1-k7:
* linux-image-2.6.15-1-k7/preinst/already-running-this-2.6.15-1-k7:
linux-image-2.6.15-1-k7/preinst/initrd-2.6.15-1-k7:
linux-image-2.6.15-1-k7/preinst/elilo-initrd-2.6.15-1-k7: true
linux-image-2.6.15-1-k7/postinst/old-dir-initrd-link-2.6.15-1-k7: true
linux-image-2.6.15-1-k7/postinst/bootloader-test-error-2.6.15-1-k7:
linux-image-2.6.15-1-k7/preinst/abort-overwrite-2.6.15-1-k7:
linux-image-2.6.15-1-k7/preinst/lilo-initrd-2.6.15-1-k7: true
linux-image-2.6.15-1-k7/prerm/would-invalidate-boot-loader-2.6.15-1-k7: true
linux-image-2.6.15-1-k7/preinst/bootloader-initrd-2.6.15-1-k7: true
linux-image-2.6.15-1-k7/prerm/removing-running-kernel-2.6.15-1-k7: true
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--- Begin Message ---
On Sat, Feb 18, 2006 at 05:58:04PM +0100, Chris Searle wrote:
> maximilian attems wrote:
> > On Thu, 16 Feb 2006, Chris Searle wrote:
> >
> >> ls /dev shows only console and null - nothing else (both before and after
> >> the modprobe).
> >
> > please regenerate your initramfs it misses udev:
> > dpkg-reconfigure linux-image-2.6.15-1-k7
>
> Yes - that did it - I sure am glad I kept that older 2.6.12 kernel
> installed :)
yes that's good practise to keep at least one more known good kernel
around, glad you did.
closing bugreport.
--
maks
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