Re: Help needed to repair a damaged dual boot Debian System
On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 12:02:14PM -0700, Bob Proulx wrote:
> Bernard wrote:
>
> Here you say Lenny. But then...
>
> > just waited indefinitely without doing nothing. Error messages appeared
> > after 4 or 5 long minutes of idling, they mostly said that /dev/sda3 did
> > not (no longer) exist, and that, perhaps, I should try /dev/hda3. I did
>
> And /dev/sda would be right for Lenny. In Lenny's 2.6.26 kernel all
> device names work under the scsi naming.
>
> But then you say /dev/hda and the hda names are the old kernel names.
> This leads me to believe that you are booting an older kernel. The
> previous Etch kernel used hd names. I think that is part of your
> problem.
That's not how it works for me. I'm running Lenny with the 2.6.26 kernel
and it uses the old names. In fact, the reason why I haven't upgraded
yet is because the new names will foobar my backup scripts.
John
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