On Thu, Jun 03, 2004 at 05:51:15PM -0700, Nirmal Govind wrote: > > > Hi.. I compiled the 2.6.6 kernel again, used config-2.6.6-powerpc, the > patches from kernel-patches-2.6.6. I used make-kpkg for the first time. The > compile went fine. I then did a dpkg -i <kernel-image-that-was-created> and > that went fine too. I looked at /boot and it had the new vmlinux-2.6.6. Added > this to yaboot.conf, called it linux26, ran ybin and rebooted. Alas, linux26 > is unable to mount the root fs. Any ideas why? Does it need initrd?
Yep, it needs the initrd. > So I reboot again and try to boot the old kernel which was /vmlinux.old .. > now this doesn't boot either. I suspect that when I did the dpkg, it wrote > the last /vmlinux kernel (which did not boot) to /vmlinux.old and erased my > working /vmliux.old.. so I'm stuck now.. is there a way to boot from the CD > and then mount the /dev/hdaX partition? Please let me know. yep. Just boot any debian-installer version (preferably tc1) and mount the desired partition from console 2. You can then chroot to it, and install the new package or modify the yaboot.conf. Friendly, Sven Luther
