Re: lenny boot problem

[Christian Koerner <ck@ps-xaf.de>]

On Thu, 21 Jan 2010, Christian Koerner wrote:

> > On Wed, 20 Jan 2010, amka wrote:
> >
> > And : ls -l /dev/sd*
> > brw-rw-rw- 1 root root 8, 0 Jan 20 22:22 /dev/sda
> > brw-rw-rw- 1 root root 8, 1 Jan 20 22:22 /dev/sda1
> > brw-rw-rw- 1 root root 8, 2 Jan 20 22:22 /dev/sda2
> >
> > But df prints sdc1 (CD resue mode).
> >
> > An other thing :
> > I am using an 'old' mainboard and the disk is new (WD1500HLFS).
> > I allready had problems when I trid to use a too big HDD (1TB) ; it was
> > not recognised and Tyan informed me that I have to upgrade my BIOS.
> >
> > I doubt this can have 'kernel panic' result.
>
> Not sure, it could be that the disk geometry is not detected properly and so 
> it fails.
> IMO all your configs are ok.
>
> Alternativ is to give grub a go but you said you had problems with grub as 
> well.

Another possibility is to re-install Lenny when you have connected your new HDD only.


Regards,
Christian

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