Bug#407392: linux-image-2.6.18-3-686: Reboot before loading kernel
Subject: linux-image-2.6.18-3-686: Reboot before loading kernel
Package: linux-image-2.6.18-3-686
Version: 2.6.18-7
Severity: important
*** Please type your report below this line ***
I installed Debian Etch via expert mode from the RC1, chose not to
install a kernel when it asked, then installed bootloader, etc. Then
went into the shell, updated my repos, and installed linux-image-2.6.18-3-686
and linux-image-2.6.18-3-686. After this, I finished installation
without a hitch. When I rebooted to go into my debian install, when I
select either the 2.6.18-3-686 or 2.6.18-3-686 single user mode, it
flashes the grub information up to "savedefault", then
the system reboots.
I rebooted, rescuemode in the installer, and installed the
linux-image-2.6.18-3-486 and modules, rebooted, and it boots fine into
this kernel.
My kernel options are 'ro nolapic noapic bootkbd=dvorak', for both -686
and -486.
I also tried appending acpi=off, which made no difference.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i586)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-3-486
Locale: LANG=en_NZ.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_NZ.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.18-3-686 depends on:
ii coreutils 5.97-5 The GNU core utilities
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.11 Debian configuration management sy
ii initramfs-tools [linux-initra 0.85e tools for generating an initramfs
ii module-init-tools 3.3-pre3-1 tools for managing Linux kernel mo
Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.18-3-686 recommends:
ii libc6-i686 2.3.6.ds1-8 GNU C Library: Shared libraries [i
-- debconf information:
shared/kernel-image/really-run-bootloader: true
linux-image-2.6.18-3-686/postinst/bootloader-error-2.6.18-3-686:
linux-image-2.6.18-3-686/postinst/old-dir-initrd-link-2.6.18-3-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-3-686/postinst/kimage-is-a-directory:
linux-image-2.6.18-3-686/preinst/elilo-initrd-2.6.18-3-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-3-686/postinst/old-system-map-link-2.6.18-3-686: true
* linux-image-2.6.18-3-686/preinst/lilo-initrd-2.6.18-3-686: false
linux-image-2.6.18-3-686/postinst/depmod-error-initrd-2.6.18-3-686: false
linux-image-2.6.18-3-686/preinst/bootloader-initrd-2.6.18-3-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-3-686/prerm/removing-running-kernel-2.6.18-3-686: true
* linux-image-2.6.18-3-686/postinst/create-kimage-link-2.6.18-3-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-3-686/prerm/would-invalidate-boot-loader-2.6.18-3-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-3-686/preinst/abort-install-2.6.18-3-686:
linux-image-2.6.18-3-686/preinst/overwriting-modules-2.6.18-3-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-3-686/preinst/initrd-2.6.18-3-686:
linux-image-2.6.18-3-686/preinst/lilo-has-ramdisk:
linux-image-2.6.18-3-686/preinst/already-running-this-2.6.18-3-686:
linux-image-2.6.18-3-686/postinst/bootloader-test-error-2.6.18-3-686:
linux-image-2.6.18-3-686/preinst/abort-overwrite-2.6.18-3-686:
linux-image-2.6.18-3-686/postinst/old-initrd-link-2.6.18-3-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-3-686/postinst/depmod-error-2.6.18-3-686: false
linux-image-2.6.18-3-686/preinst/failed-to-move-modules-2.6.18-3-686:
Reply to: