On Tue, Jun 20, 2006 at 12:07:19PM +0200, Robert Millan [ackstorm] wrote: > On Tue, Jun 20, 2006 at 11:46:36AM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > > On Tuesday 20 June 2006 10:55, Robert Millan [ackstorm] wrote: > > > Upgrading from kernel-image-2.4.27-3-686 to linux-image-2.6.15-1-686 > > > might break boot if /dev/hdb becomes /dev/sda. As fstab and menu.lst > > > aren't changed, boot will hang when trying to mount root fs. > > > > > > Is there any way in which initrd could handle this? Or at least > > > gracefuly report that the root param is wrong (currently it just hangs > > > on "Waiting for root device"). > > > > Don't know if that is possible, but the issue is at least already > > documented in the Release Notes. > > Uhm I see. Note that this isn't necessarily related with release upgrades, > though. One could want to switch from 2.4 to 2.6 either in sarge or etch > (although we probably aren't going to bother about sarge atm).
it's on my todo list to provide a better feedback in those cases. they will reproduce them selve once postetch ide switches to pata. although it's not as trivial as it sounds. -- maks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
