Wackojacko wrote:
Hi all
I am receiving the above error on my amd64 sid system. All was well
until I tried to recompile my kernel to add some extra ide modules into
the kernel. I forgot the append-to-version flag and created a new
kernel-image with the same name as a previous one. I realised the
mistake but wanted to check the new modules were compiled (didn't
make-kpkg clean) and used 'dpkg -x' to extract the contents into the
/usr/src directory. They hadn't so I deleted the files.
I then started having problems with Konsole, it opened but didn't give
me a prompt so I rebooted only to be faced with the above error.
So far I have tried
1) Googling the error without success.
2) chrooting from i386 partition. Again doesn't seem to be possible
this was due to i386 not having 64bit emulation.
3) Using dpkg-deb -X from the i386 partition to unpack a new stock
kernel downloaded direct from debian.org. Then run mkinitrd to create
the initrd. Failed!
4) Cross-compile custom kernel for amd64 on i386. Failed due to lack of
amd64-gcc??
5) Booting install cd to attempt rescue from there. Can't seem to
access the existing data.
I do have a separate home directory and a back up of /etc so
reinstalling is a possibility, but I would prefer not to.
Anybody that can help with any of the above, or suggest a good
(preferably small) Live 64 bit rescue CD so I can chroot into this
partition and fix it, your help would be much appreciated.
Thanks
Wackojacko
UPDATE
I downloaded the Ubuntu Live CD and tried to chroot into the partition
as follows
mount -t ext3 /dev/sda2 /mnt
chroot /mnt
and get the error
chroot: cannot execute '/bin/bash': file not found
or something similar. Tried specifying other commands to no avail. It
looks like the kernel can't see the underlying command structure, even
though it mounts correctly during boot and from Ubuntu.
HELP!
Wackojacko
ps I have also run chkrootkit from my i386 partition and found nothing
unusual.
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