Re: Is a kernel upgrade necessary ?
On Wed, Nov 08, 2006 at 09:49:01AM -0400, David Whelan wrote:
> Nicolas,
>
> >>- is it worth an upgrade ?
> >>
> >>- is it as simple as an apt-get install kernel-image-xxx ?
> >>
> I've just done almost exactly the same thing as you are contemplating
> (upgraded to sarge, then from 2.2.20idepci to 2.6.8-3-386). I used
> aptitude to install the new kernel and seemingly everything went well,
> but when I rebooted, it gets to the boot message "Starting periodic
> command scheduler: cron" and then it hangs. I am trying to figure this
> one out right now. My advice is to make absolutely sure you create a
> boot disk using your old 2.2.20, otherwise you might be screwed; come to
> think of it, if the same thing happens to you, you might be screwed
> anyway as you're doing things remotely.
If it got as far as starting cron, then the problem isn't the kernel.
All that's left in rc2.d after cron is fetchmail, removing nologin, and
stopping the boot log.
Unfortunaly, you can't boot into single or init=/bin/sh from ssh (you
need a serial console) which is what I usually do after a kernel
upgrade, just to be sure.
When you say it hangs, does it kernel-panic? If so, you can tell the
kernel to reboot after a delay instead of just sitting there.
Doug.
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