On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 1:22 PM, Stephen Powell <zlinux...@wowway.com> wrote: > On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 12:35:50 -0400 (EDT), Tom H wrote: >> On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 11:14 AM, Stephen Powell <zlinux...@wowway.com> >> wrote: >>> ... >>> I then tried to boot my old kernel (the -3 >>> kernel). It failed. The kernel and initial RAM file system >>> were loaded just fine by the boot loader, but the -3 kernel >>> couldn't make the switch between the initial RAM file system and >>> the permanent root file system. >>> ... >> >> IIUC, linux-image-2.6.32-3-686 uses hdX and linux-image-2.6.32-5-686 >> uses sdX so wouldn't your update-initramfs have updated your >> linux-image-2.6.32-3-686 initrd with sdX device names? > > No. I changed the /dev/sdX device names to uuid udev aliases in > /etc/fstab, /etc/lilo.conf, and /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/resume > prior to issuing "update-initramfs -uk all". And these alias > names should exist in the -3 kernel too. As an example, I changed > > /dev/sda1 > > to something like > > /dev/disk/by-uuid/04db5929-51e6-424a-ac5b-a592b96b9d04 > > udev under the -5 kernel creates a symbolic link by this name to > /dev/sda1. udev under the -3 kernel creates a symbolic link by > this name to /dev/hda1. Or at least it should.
Theoretically. But don't you think that your -3 initrd is creating links to sda1, etc because you built it while booted into -5? You should unpack your -3 initrd to check its udev rules; symlinks to hda1, etc are probably not being created. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktimsl8nnd7xj8p4unerzekeqye1dzu561hvko...@mail.gmail.com
