Re: 2.6.24-4 kernel not booting
i can not ftp,ssh,or scp files off the server.
is there another way to get the info you need?
mhj
On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 6:41 PM, Michael Habashy <mjh2000@gmail.com> wrote:
> I do not know what caused the issue.
> i know that i can boot from linux dvd and go to rescue mode.
> No network support.
> i can do mounts and stuff. ---just do not know what the next step would be.
> mjh
>
> On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 6:36 PM, Michael Habashy <mjh2000@gmail.com> wrote:
>> i appriciate your help.
>> i am not new to linux but i am new to lvm and raid and recovery.
>> if you give me some simple steps, i can follow.
>> i would really like the help because my main ssystem is down.
>> please provide step by step proceedure..to ensure that i get my system
>> up and running.
>> can you point me to a how-to or something ??
>>
>> mjh
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 6:27 PM, Andrew Sackville-West
>> <andrew@farwestbilliards.com> wrote:
>>> On Tue, Aug 05, 2008 at 06:09:10PM -0400, Michael Habashy wrote:
>>>> can anyone help on this???
>>>> I get into a busybox prompt and can not do much.
>>>> Can i get a list of procedures on how to recover my system ???
>>>> I am using lvm2 on top of raid. (raid1 for boot and raid5 for root and
>>>> the rest of my system)
>>>> I am able to but with the debian 4.0 dvd and get into rescue mode. I
>>>> can then create a directory and mount my /dev/md0 device
>>>>
>>>> I can see all my files on the boot partition including my kernels
>>>> ...all seems okay...just do not know where to go from here.
>>>
>>> can you boot into a previous kernel?
>>>
>>> when you are in the busybox shell, are you able to manually mount your
>>> partitions?
>>> I suspect not based on the messages below.
>>>
>>> if you have no previous kernel to boot from, you will likely have to
>>> boot rescue media, chroot into the system and rebuild from
>>> there.
>>>
>>> Without more info, I would suggest either
>>>
>>> dpkg-reconfigure linux-image-2.6.24blahblahblah
>>>
>>> don't do *all* your linux images because if your initramfs stuff is
>>> broken, then all your initrds will get broken as a result.
>>>
>>>>
>>>> thanks
>>>> mjh
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 12:44 AM, Vikram Vincent <vincentvikram@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> > Hello,
>>>> > I upgraded my system to the latest kernel along with all the other packages.
>>>> > While installing I found that the "initrd" line in grub's menu.lst was not
>>>> > being
>>>> > created and so I had to manually add it.
>>>
>>> what specifically did you manually add? Perhaps you added the wrong
>>> initrd? Not sure what happens in that situation, but I bet it looks
>>> like what you're seeing.
>>>
>>> remember that you can edit your boot lines on the fly in grub...
>>>
>>>> > Upon booting I get the certain messages and then find myself in the
>>>> > initramfs
>>>> > prompt. I tried reinstalling the concerned packages but to no avail.
>>>> >
>>>> > Begin: Running /scripts/init-bottom ...
>>>> > mount: Mounting /root/dev on /dev/.static/dev failed: No such file or
>>>> > directory
>>>> > Done.
>>>> > mount: Mounting /sys on /root/sys failed: No such file or directory
>>>> > mount: Mounting /proc on /root/proc failed: No such file or directory
>>>> > Target filesystem doesn't have /sbin/init
>>>> > No init found. Try passing init= bootarg.
>>>> >
>>>> > Busybox.... Built-in shell (ash)
>>>> > /bin/sh: can't access tty: job control turned off
>>>> > (initramfs) /* prompt */
>>>
>>> whatever other specific details you can provide will help.
>>>
>>> ls -l /boot
>>>
>>> and maybe a copy of grub's menu.lst
>>>
>>> would be good starting places.
>>>
>>>
>>> A
>>>
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>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>
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