Re: 2.6.30 (Squeeze): no hda1 no sda1

2009-09-12 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Paul Gallaway wrote: > To summarize you would first create a mount point and then do the > mount manually. From there you can edit the real fstab and do some > other things using chroot etc. I did this recently on an install to > complete a grub install that was failing by invoking aptitude and >

Re: 2.6.30 (Squeeze): no hda1 no sda1

2009-09-11 Thread Paul Gallaway
> Thanks Paul. I think I tried to edit /etc/fstab using vi from busybox but > when I invoked it the file came up empty and there was a read-only > indication somewhere. That's probably because your editing the fstab that exists only in the minimal kernel shipping with the ramdisk (hopefully I have

Re: 2.6.30 (Squeeze): no hda1 no sda1

2009-09-11 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Ron Johnson wrote: > On 2009-09-11 09:00, Jonathan Kaye wrote: >> Hi all, >> I'm runny Debian Testing (Squeeze) and have been for years. Since linux- >> image-2.6.30-686 has now trickled down to Squeeze, I thought it was time >> to upgrade from 2.6.26. I installed linux-image-2.6.30-1-686 (keeping

Re: 2.6.30 (Squeeze): no hda1 no sda1

2009-09-11 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Paul Gallaway wrote: >> I need just a bit of reassurance because I really don't want to paint >> myself into a corner. If I start playing around with fstab won't that >> jeopardise my ability to boot into the 2.6.26 kernel? If it doesn't >> effect 2.6.26 then I don't understand how editing fstab w

Re: 2.6.30 (Squeeze): no hda1 no sda1

2009-09-11 Thread Paul Gallaway
> I need just a bit of reassurance because I really don't want to paint myself > into a corner. If I start playing around with fstab won't that jeopardise my > ability to boot into the 2.6.26 kernel? If it doesn't effect 2.6.26 then I > don't understand how editing fstab would make a difference to

Re: 2.6.30 (Squeeze): no hda1 no sda1

2009-09-11 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Paul Gallaway wrote: > On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 10:00 AM, Jonathan Kaye > wrote: >> Hi all, >> I'm runny Debian Testing (Squeeze) and have been for years. Since linux- >> image-2.6.30-686 has now trickled down to Squeeze, I thought it was time >> to upgrade from 2.6.26. I installed linux-image-2.6

Re: 2.6.30 (Squeeze): no hda1 no sda1

2009-09-11 Thread Paul Gallaway
On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 10:00 AM, Jonathan Kaye wrote: > Hi all, > I'm runny Debian Testing (Squeeze) and have been for years. Since linux- > image-2.6.30-686 has now trickled down to Squeeze, I thought it was time to > upgrade from 2.6.26. I installed linux-image-2.6.30-1-686 (keeping my old > ke

Re: 2.6.30 (Squeeze): no hda1 no sda1

2009-09-11 Thread Ron Johnson
On 2009-09-11 09:00, Jonathan Kaye wrote: Hi all, I'm runny Debian Testing (Squeeze) and have been for years. Since linux- image-2.6.30-686 has now trickled down to Squeeze, I thought it was time to upgrade from 2.6.26. I installed linux-image-2.6.30-1-686 (keeping my old kernel of course ) and

2.6.30 (Squeeze): no hda1 no sda1

2009-09-11 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Hi all, I'm runny Debian Testing (Squeeze) and have been for years. Since linux- image-2.6.30-686 has now trickled down to Squeeze, I thought it was time to upgrade from 2.6.26. I installed linux-image-2.6.30-1-686 (keeping my old kernel of course ) and rebooted. The new kernel will not boot and