Re: /dev/sd* disappeared from userspace

2010-12-30 Thread Todd Pytel
Thanks for the link and comments Bob. Just mknod'ing the appropriate device nodes was enough to get back a proper /boot and then get the kernel updated. The nodes show up properly now. --Todd -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Tro

Re: /dev/sd* disappeared from userspace

2010-12-30 Thread Bob Proulx
Todd Pytel wrote: > Kernel is 2.6.26.4, udev is 164-3. You have hit the udev and kernel incompatibility problem. That kernel isn't supported by the new udev. A *lot* of people have already hit that problem and when Squeeze releases it will only mean that more people will hit it. I think you are

Re: /dev/sd* disappeared from userspace

2010-12-30 Thread Todd Pytel
On Thu, 2010-12-30 at 07:35 -0600, Todd Pytel wrote: > Alternatively, could I just mknod the appropriate nodes > for the moment in order to get the kernel sorted out? Gave it a try, and this works fine, at least as a temporary solution. We'll see if finishing the kernel upgrade can get udev to han

Re: /dev/sd* disappeared from userspace

2010-12-30 Thread Todd Pytel
On Thu, 2010-12-30 at 01:31 -0700, Bob Proulx wrote: > If you are just now getting the grub 2 upgrade in Sid then it has been > a *long* time since you last upgraded. At least ten months? Since > before last February? (I can't quite remember when it went through a > brief search didn't refresh m

Re: /dev/sd* disappeared from userspace

2010-12-30 Thread Bob Proulx
Todd Pytel wrote: > I recently began updating my desktop, a Sid install which I only update > infrequently - the last update was a few months ago. As I usually do in > this situation, I started by pulling down the various non-X/GNOME > libraries and basic admin, devel, and text tools. Before too lo

/dev/sd* disappeared from userspace

2010-12-29 Thread Todd Pytel
I recently began updating my desktop, a Sid install which I only update infrequently - the last update was a few months ago. As I usually do in this situation, I started by pulling down the various non-X/GNOME libraries and basic admin, devel, and text tools. Before too long, I did a reboot to test

/dev/sd* disappeared from userspace

2010-12-29 Thread Todd Pytel
I recently began updating my desktop, a Sid install which I only update infrequently - the last update was a few months ago. As I usually do in this situation, I started by pulling down the various non-X/GNOME libraries and basic admin, devel, and text tools. Before too long, I did a reboot to test