Well, never mind, I solved it. What was wrong was that the /boot/initrd.img symlink didnt get updated.
Why is that? Should I file a bug against this package? Oli Þann 2006-06-12, 16:28:12 (+0000) skrifaði Olafur Jens Sigurdsson: > Hi list > > I am having problems booting into my 2.6.16-2-486 kernel, it stops at > some error messages the look like the following (this is pasted from > another web page where someone had a similar problem and didnt get any > answeres, it is edited to fit my case). > > modprobe: Can't open dependencies file /lib/modules/2.6.16-2-486/modules.dep > (No such file or directory) > modprobe: Can't open dependencies file /lib/modules/2.6.16-2-486/modules.dep > (No such file or directory) > pivot_root: No such file or directory > /sbin/init: 432: cannot open dev/console: No such file > Kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! > > I can boot fine into my backup kernel 2.6.12 which would imply that > everything is ok outside the kernel but I allso tried to install the > 686 version of the same kernel and got the same error messages (except > 686 instead of 486 were in the pathname). > > I installed the kernel with apt-get install linux-image-2.6.16-2-486 > and have updated all the packages the kernel depends on. > > Please tell me how I can get this kernel to work. > > Thanks in advance. > > Oli > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
