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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management team's failure -- not the subordinates working for them.
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