-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 04 January 2003 00:40, Who-T wrote: > Hi, > > Today I have compiled and installed a new kernel (2.4.20 with the > patches from AC) for my debian system with the following commands. > > make-kpkg --revision <kernelname> kernel_image > dpkg -i <kernel_image> > > Now I have the problem that when I boot the new kernel only the /boot > and the / partition are mounted, the rest (usr, home, ...) does not > mount. This leads to the problem that no X gets started, the servers > are not started (because the network never gets started too) and so > on.
Are there any error messages during init or in dmesg? Did you perhaps forget to compile in support for some harddisk controller? > When booting from the floppy everything is like before installing the > kernel. > > Well, that was the problem until I started writing this mail. At the > moment, due to my tries to get rid of the new kernel (with dpkg > --purge --force-remove-essential) and to install the new kernel, I > can only get access to my system with the floppy disk, LILO hangs > after a few seconds when starting from harddisk. > > > Does anyone have a clue how I can rescue my system, especially with > the new kernel and the old startup files? As long as you can boot into a "normal" system from floppy, you should be fine. Have a close look at /etc/lilo.conf and check if it's correct. Check if you have an initrd image if you need one. If everything seems fine, run lilo. - -- Embedded Linux -- True multitasking! TWO TOASTS AT THE SAME TIME! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+FixneOF0+zcVdv8RAt3AAJ90P73pg27CcIeZ/2R2jT9OcK2+egCbBBfV h59+C1MWJDHOZpf20JOcaHE= =RW0k -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
