Re: Ultra II: kernel upgrade - silo doesn't boot
"Charles McColm" <charlesm@theworkingcentre.org> writes:
at the silo prompt try <TAB> if you have luck you can boot into LinuxOld
wich is one of your previous kernel.
Otherwise try to setup silo by hand with kernel=/filename
initrd=/filename root=/dev/sda
You dont need to rerun silo after installing an new kernel. only the
silo.conf needs to be modified wich will be done by dpkg.
regards
Daniel
> Hello all. I'm new to the list so please bear with me. I just finished
> installing a new 2.4.x kernel using dselect to update to the new kernel. Now
> silo no longer boots Debian GNU/Linux. I get the message:
>
> "The file loaded does not appear to be executable"
>
> Is this because I failed to run silo before rebooting? (I assumed dselect
> would take care of it).
>
> My system is an Ultra 2 Enterprise with a couple of 9.1 GB SCA SCSI drives.
> I have /usr, /, /var on /dev/sda and /home and swap on /dev/sdb.
>
> Can I boot the debian-sparc CD and correct this problem? Would I just mount
> /dev/sda1 and run silo, or do I have to 'chroot' into the environment (never
> really clear on chroot).
>
> Thanks,
>
> Charles McColm, charlesm@theworkingcentre.org
> Computer Recycling Project
> The Working Centre
> web: http://www.theworkingcentre.org/
> phone: 749-9177 ext. 225
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