Re: Unable to boot kernel-2.6.15 in 'testing/unstable'

[maximilian attems <maks@sternwelten.at>]

On Mon, Mar 20, 2006 at 03:24:35PM +0100, Joaquim Duran Comas wrote:
> 
> My name is Joaquim Duran. I've installed at home a catalan debian
> based distribution named 'xarnoppix'. I installed the distribuition to
> the HD, with kernel 2.6.12 at /dev/hdb8 partition (this is  a test
> partition). The kernel was able to mount the root file system
> /dev/hdb8, with ext3 fs at the installation.
> 
> I've upgraded packages to the distribution, using apt-get with -f
> parameter. Few days ago I updated the kernel to 2.6.15 version, alter
> upating the udev package and hotplug.
> 
> I've not been able to boot  the new kernel. If dumps a kernel panic at
> mount the root file sysstem due to invalid file sistem, if the kernel
> boots without the initrd parameter, or if the kernel boots with initrd
> parameter, it doesn't mount the /dev/hdb8 partition, but opens a
> shell.

that was a bug in minor parsing in initramfs-tools, you need
a) initramfs-tools 0.56
b) udev 0.087-2

update your initrd after installing those with (kernelversion = uname -r)
update-initramfs -t -u -k <kernelversion>

regards
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maks