Bug#438337: Megaraid boot failure

[Steven Jones <Steven.Jones@vuw.ac.nz>]

Hi,

I cannot run any 2.6.x....I am on a 2.4.27...what I have found is the upgrade/move to a 2.6 effectively trashes the system and I have to do a re-install. 

I am hoping to get an out of warrantee server hence a spare raid controller this week, in which case I can build a trash box to test.

regards

Steven

-----Original Message-----
From: Moritz Muehlenhoff [mailto:jmm@inutil.org] 
Sent: Monday, 5 October 2009 8:08 a.m.
To: thing
Cc: 438337@bugs.debian.org; ssj@vuw.ac.nz
Subject: Re: Megaraid boot failure

On Fri, Oct 02, 2009 at 04:22:58PM +1300, thing wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> This is the first time Ive seen the idea to try a newer (yet)
> kernel....my concern is going to the new kernel, can I back out....I
> cant afford to trash my machine in the past when it didnt work I had
> to re-install from scratch.
> 
> I am building a vmware virtual replacement for it so no module so I
> can try this "upgrade" soon.

The kernels are co-installable, if you install the 2.6.24 you can
always boot back into the 2.6.18 kernel.

Cheers,
        Moritz