Package: linux-image-2.6.15-1-486 Severity: important
linux-image-2.6.15-1-486 version 2.6.15-8 seems to require a version of udev which is >0.85 and <=0.89. I installed etch using the beta-2 debian installer (this installs version 2.6.15-7 of the kernel package, and version 0.85 of the udev package). Then I aptitude-upgrade'd, which installed the new kernel version (2.6.15-8), but did not upgrade udev as, apparently, a new dependency for udev was introduced. The result was an unbootable system, because the kernel did not have the devices for the hard disks (/dev/hda etc.), and so could not mount the root filesystem. The boot process stalled with a "waiting for root filesystem" message. I used the installation disk in rescue mode to open a shell in the system and run aptitude dist-upgrade, which upgraded udev to 0.89, and this fixed the problem. Note: The "system information" below is copied by hand, as the system I'm using now is not the system where the problem occurred. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i586) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-1-486 Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
