Re: Upgrading kernel on a system that won't boot
Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> writes:
> On 02/11/2009 09:39 PM, Dan Christensen wrote:
>> I have a system running etch. I believe it has this kernel installed:
>>
>> linux-image-2.6.18-5-k7 2.6.18.dfsg.1-13etch2
>>
>> The motherboard failed a few days ago, and I've just got a new
>> motherboard and cpu. However, the machine won't boot.
>>
>> The new cpu is a Core2Duo, but even though the kernel is -k7, that
>> doesn't seem to be the problem. Grub finds the kernel and it starts
>> fine, but it has trouble when trying to mount the real root filesystem.
>> This filesystem is raid 1 (md), and the kernel can't find either device.
>
> Probably it's device letter has changed. At the Grub prompt, "e"dit
> the command line to point it to the correct partition.
I don't think that's it, as the earlier kernel messages don't list the
hard drives as being found at all.
My first guess is that I need a newer kernel, but it occurred to me that
maybe all I need to do is update the initrd to include additional kernel
modules. Is this plausible? How would I do this using a live CD?
By the way, the new motherboard is a Gigabyte GA-E7AUM-DS2H:
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Spec.aspx?ClassValue=Motherboard&ProductID=2946&ProductName=GA-E7AUM-DS2H
It doesn't say what chipset it has for SATA, although the manual
mentions "NV SATA".
Dan
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