Shutdown during kernel upgrade using aptitude
I keep getting error message:
can't find file /lib/modules/2.6.9-1-k7/modules.dep
at boot time. I can see the file is there.
At botton is the list of things I have already done.
root:/lib/modules/2.6.9-1-k7# ls -l
total 836
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Dec 2 22:16 boot
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Dec 2 22:16 initrd
drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 4096 Dec 2 22:16 kernel
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 141154 Dec 2 22:16 modules.alias
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 69 Dec 2 22:16 modules.ccwmap
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 236413 Dec 2 22:16 modules.dep
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 517 Dec 2 22:16 modules.ieee1394map
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1141 Dec 2 22:16 modules.inputmap
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 16427 Dec 2 22:16 modules.isapnpmap
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 135507 Dec 2 22:16 modules.pcimap
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 106450 Dec 2 22:16 modules.symbols
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 156573 Dec 2 22:16 modules.usbmap
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 87 Dec 2 22:16 source -> /home/dilinger/src/kernel/kernel-image/2.6.9-3/kernel-image-2.6.9-i386-2.6.9/install-k7
root:/lib/modules/2.6.9-1-k7#
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--- On Wed 12/01, J F < j1234f@excite.com > wrote:
From: J F [mailto: j1234f@excite.com]
Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2004 18:49:34 -0500
Subject: Shutdown during system upgrade
Subject:
Shutdown during system upgrade
My system shutdown during system upgrade using
aptitude. It was sitting there warning that
I should not shutdown while upgrading the kernel and
lilo might not work.
Anyway, here is how I fixed it:
1. Boot Knoppix
2. Click on hda3 to mount it. Close the file browser window
and right click on hda3, select properties and
uncheck the read only button.
3. su
4. cd /
5. remove the link from /boot to the cdrom and then:
6. ln -s /mnt/hda3/boot .
7. Knoppix is in ramdisk, so cp /mnt/hda3/etc/lilo.conf /etc/lilo.conf
8. rm /vmlinuz; cd /
ln -s /boot/kernimagewhateververion vmlinuz
9. I had a problem with the kernel that was
installing, so I deleted it out of lilo.conf and
then typed:
lilo
Reboot into debian
10. If you run aptitude and get the error like
can't lock cache, then:
dpkg --configure -a
11. lilo
Fatal: open /initrd.img: No such file or directory
12. # mkinitrd -o /initrd.img
13. lilo
and hopefully it will work now.
Just thought somebody might run into the same problem.
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