Re: kernel-image-2.6.8-3-686 fails to boot

2006-05-09 Thread Ewing Jeff
I had something similiar (on 2.6.8) when I deleted the /initrd directory. Put the directory back back and booted up successfully. On Tue, May 09, 2006 at 10:37:54PM +0200, Bob Vloon wrote: > Hi Aurelio, > > > pivot_root: No such file or directory > > I suppose this is the problem - but when l

Re: kernel-image-2.6.8-3-686 fails to boot

2006-05-09 Thread Bob Vloon
Hi Aurelio, > pivot_root: No such file or directory I suppose this is the problem - but when looking at your additional info I see that you've figured out that as well :) However, if you're sure that hda5 is your root.. Are you using SATA disks? That suggests using sdaX, as you did. I would try

Re: kernel-image-2.6.8-3-686 fails to boot

2006-05-08 Thread Chris Bannister
On Mon, May 01, 2006 at 07:44:23AM +, Aurelio Turco wrote: > Dear debian-user, > > I am trying to upgrade the kernel from 2.4 to 2.6. > I installed the kernel-image-2.6-686 package (which depends on > kernel-image-2.6.8-3-686), but it failed to boot, > with messages as follows: [..] > ide: As

kernel-image-2.6.8-3-686 fails to boot

2006-05-01 Thread Aurelio Turco
Dear debian-user, I am trying to upgrade the kernel from 2.4 to 2.6. I installed the kernel-image-2.6-686 package (which depends on kernel-image-2.6.8-3-686), but it failed to boot, with messages as follows: ... kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.8-3-686 root=/dev/hda5 ro initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.8-3