On Mon, 15 Sep 2003, David List wrote: >On a newly installed Debian Woody, I have made a new kernel with >pristine 2.4.22 kernel sources and make-kpkg. >When I boot the new kernel I get messages, such as: >"getent: command not found" >"head: command not found" >"awk: command not found" >and the system does not boot up fully, seemingly because many other >binaries cannot be found either. I do get a prompt, but no programs are >available, only the bash builtins. >When I boot the original 2.4.18 kernel there are no problems - except >that I only utilize one of the systems' two processors. > >Those are all commands from /usr/bin. I have a separate /usr partition. >Could that cause it?
Yes it could. I had accidentally chosen ReiserFS instead of Ext3 when configuring the kernel, so when I tried issuing 'mount -s' after booting the new kernel, I got a message about mount not knowing anything about Ext3. Best regards, David List -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
