Re: Upgrade Mac OS X 10.2.8 stops 2.4.21-ben2
Hi Mike,
First my apologies for answering a bit late.
Sorry, Mike, if you already know the following: I simply posted it
just in case someone else, too, (including myself sooner or later :)
might want to read this when searching Google ... :)
On Mon, 6 Oct 2003, Michael Lake wrote:
> Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > This is just a warning message for those having a Mac OS X and Linux
> > install on the same machine.
> ....
> > Yesterday I installed the Mac OS X 10.2.8 upgrade to the machine
> > above: After this, I couldn't boot again to my default kernel which at
> > this time was 2.4.21-ben2 (I had compiled this kernel on the machine
> > above).
>
> Subject: Linux does not boot after a MacOSX upgrade
> From: Mike Lake <mikel@speleonics.com.au>
> To: debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org
> Date: Tue Sep 23
>
> I got bitten. Unfortunately there didnt seem to be anyone else at the
> time that had that problem and after a week I had to completely
> reinstall as I didnt have another, older kernel. Im glad that you were
> able to recover from it.
I think (I'm still a Debian beginner, so I can only guess) there's
perhaps a possibility to rescue a system even if you don't have a
working kernel on your system. My idea would be to mount the
non-booting Debian partition with a Debian Installer CD and then
chroot into this Debian system and get yourself a new kernel via
'apt-get install <some fresh kernel>' (And yes: one needs an open
Internet connection for this to work).
Let me detail this. The following is no guessing: I actually used this
procedure to make changes to my, at this time, non-booting Debian
system after the Mac OS X update some days ago. I didn't actually
install a new kernel but simply ran 'ybin -v', and, at some other
point of all this trouble, removed cupsys out of the way for the boot
sequence in the non-booting Linux Debian system.
First the procedure as I ran it some days ago to rescue my system:
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1: With the first Debian Install CD (3.0 r1, PowerPc, Binary 1,
Non-Us) in the Powerbook, when booting the machine I held down the
'c' key for some seconds.
2: I was thrown into the Debian Installer Menu with some options
being presented on how to proceed: I chose:
install24
3: I went ahead up to the point where I had chosen a keyboard
layout the installer presented to me.
4: I pressed <ALT>-<fn> <F2>
(<ALT> <fn> consecutively or pressed together: I don't remember
that ...) This way I had a console for the following.
5: I mounted the root partition of the installed system:
mount /dev/hdaX /mnt
(X is for the number of my / partition)
6: Then:
mount -t proc proc /mnt/proc
(I'm not sure whether this last command is really necessary .. I
simply did it to be sure this stuff is mounted in case the system
needs it for the following ... :)
7: chroot mnt /usr/sbin/ybin -v
IIRC: It's important to leave away the slashes around mnt.
8: Unmounting the partitions:
umount /mnt/proc
umount /mnt
9: Entering:
reboot
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And that's it.
The important point is #7: chroot seems be a tool which lets me run
programs, tools already installed into a "rescue-mounted" system that
doesn't boot anymore. So it might (should?) be possible to install
even a new kernel with
chroot mnt /usr/bin/apt-get install <some-kernel>
provided, as I wrote, one has the possibility to open an Internet
connection in this situation.
I didn't actually test a kernel install under these circumstances so
far: But sooner or later I probably will run into a situation where I
don't have another chance than trying this ... :)
Best Regards,
Wolfgang
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