On Sat, Jan 03, 2004 at 05:35:56PM -0800, Chris Cothrun wrote: > Hi, > > My sid system won't boot. Kernel panic after a > bunch of attempts to load modules. > > Output is something like: > modprobe can't open dependancies file /lib/modules > mount: you must specify filesystem type > pivot_root: no such file or directory > /sbin/init: cannot open /dev/console: no such file > attempted to kill init > kernel panic > > I think it is because apt-get upgraded my kernel, > but I forgot to run lilo. Would that do it? > > I've got the Debian Woody install disk and I've > tried booting my partitions from that but no luck, > I get a kernel panic (but not the long list of > module loading attempts). > > I can boot the install CD and get a console, any > pointers on fixing things from here? I think I can > mount the partition and then run lilo, right? Hi Chris, kernels are not deleted automatically. So, if you install another one, it is there still. If you have a GOOD LILO.CONF, the this will work. 1) get Knoppix 2) boot knoppix 3) go to a console (with ctrl-alt-fn1) or using the knoppix menu 4) mount the root parition from your HD (mount /dev/hda1 /mnt) where hda1 is the location of your root. 5) chroot /mnt 6) lilo -v assuming lilo runs it will re-install lilo and when you reboot everything works. 7) just to be safe, also run 'mkboot' this will prompt you for a floppy and will make a 'boot disk' incase lilo doesnt install ok on the HD -Kev > > Trying the above, I've gone to the console and run > e2fsck /dev/hda2, it listed a couple of inodes and > then reported everything OK. After that I'm able to > mount /dev/hda2 (root) but lilo complains about > libc5.so (GLIBC_2.3 not found). > > TIA! > > Chris > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-request@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org
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