Re: Kernel upgrade trouble: Device /sys/block/hda/dev seems to be down

[Paulo Marcel Coelho Aragao <pmcaragao-ag@yahoo.com>]

Søren Boll Overgaard wrote on Dec, 14:

[...]

> I've recently upgraded the linux-image-2.6-686 package to 2.6.14-5[1]. The
> installation went as normal when new kernel images are installed, but the
> ensuing reboot didn't work out as expected.
> 
> Immediately after the first IDE disk was detected, output like this was
> generated on the console:
> 
> /bin/cat: /sys/block/hda/dev: No such file or directory

[...]

Have a look at http://bugs.debian.org/343048, and you'll see you're not alone.  
But Erik (the maintainer) has provided a patch. I applied it and the problem 
is solved. It's all there in the BTS.

Paulo