Package: linux-image-2.6.18-4-686 Version: linux-image-2.6.18-4-686 2.6.18.dfsg.1-12etch2 Severity: critical Justification: breaks the whole system
This morning, as usual I did : apt-get update apt-get upgrade today, there was a security update on linux-image-2.6.18-4-686 I followed the given instructions : >You are attempting to install a kernel version that is the same as the version >you are currently running (version 2.6.18-4-686). >The modules list is quite likely to have been changed, and the modules >dependency file /lib/modules/2.6.18-4-686/modules.dep needs to be re-built. >It can not be built correctly right now, since the module list for the running >kernel are likely to be different from the kernel installed. >I am creating a new modules.dep file, but that may not be correct. It shall be >regenerated correctly at next reboot. > ? > >I repeat: you have to reboot in order for the modules file to be created >correctly. Until you reboot, it may be impossible to load some modules. > Reboot as soon as this install is finished (Do not reboot right now, since > you may not be able to boot back up until installation is over, but boot > immediately after). >I can not stress that too much. You need to reboot soon. So I rebooted my machine (a distant one) And then... nothing else. My production server never came up until now. I asked to my hosting provider an electrical reboot as I had no way to act, but the machine didn't boot. As it's a distant server, I can't tell you what error messages it can show. The only thing I can provide is the listing of the session from the apt-get upgrade command to the reboot command I'll send it in a next post Of course, I'm not sending this report for the concerned server, as at the moment it's dead, but from a local test box with a very similar configuration -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-4-686 Locale: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (charmap=ISO-8859-15) (ignored: LC_ALL set to [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash -- Ce message a été vérifié par MailScanner pour des virus ou des polluriels et rien de suspect n'a été trouvé. For all your IT requirements visit: http://www.transtec.co.uk
