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Re: Un-bootable kernel due to bad initrd



on Wed, Dec 14, 2005 at 01:53:36AM +0200, Andrei Popescu (andreimpopescu@yahoo.com) wrote:
> This is unstable ... indeed it is :)
> 
> This seems to be |Bug#343042
> 
> |Just to summarize:
> i just did an '#aptitude upgrade' and my kernel 2.6.14 got upgraded (and 
> probably yaird allong the way too). Due to the yaird mentioned above the 
> created initrd image is bad and Debian won't boot. Because it was a 
> minor kernel upgrade i don't have a backup kernel...won't do *that* 
> mistake again :)
> 
> Is it possible to recover from this? All i have is a Knoppix CD (the 
> windoze doesn't count :D) and another machine with stable on it (kernel 
> 2.6.8). I don't want to repair this the M$ way (format c:)

Boot Knoppix.  Mount your installed root partition.  Chroot into it.
Mount any additional partitions underneath it.

You're now effectively in your installed system.  Install / remove /
configure packages as necessary, rebuild your initrd, etc.


Peace.

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