RE: kernel panic on remote server after security update
> Then the machine rebooted itself and it has come up
> with a kernel panic. My guess is that this is related
> to some problem with the bootloader or LILO. I was
> just hoping that someone could refer me to a likely
> fix for this since I'm not even in the city with the
> machine and I have to forward this to my partner who
> helps to run it so that he can work on it when he goes
> to the co-locate.
I had a similar problem here - I'm running the testing disto here, and
compiled a 2.6.8 kernel myself recently. Yesterday (or the day before, I
don't remember) I took a deep breatht and ran an apt-get upgrade, updating
lots and lots of packages (positively including kernel-sources, maybe
including kernel-image). I then rebooted, and the box didn't come back
online.
The problem was easily determined: some script (debconf??) took the liberty
of editing my /boot/grub/menu.lst, adding a few old (and unused) kernel
images that I didn't remove from /boot yet. Unfortunately, these were added
on top of the list, so grub defaulted to booting to a non-working image.
Maybe something like that happened to you?? In that case you should be able
to pick a different kernel image from the terminal when booting the machine?
Good luck
Dan
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"If we wanted more leisure, we'd invent machines that do things less
efficiently." -Calvin's dad
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