Matt Price wrote:
>cross posting this to deb-powerpc, b/c I think this may be a >ppc-specific problem > >On 1/22/06, Linas Zvirblis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>Matt Price wrote: >> >> >> >>>So it semes to me I have to somehow temporarily run udev, or >>>temporarily disable udev, or something, so that I can create the >>>/dev/hda devices I need to mount the relevant partitions. BUt I don't >>>know how to do that. >>> >>> >>Try running MAKEDEV, it should give all the missing devices the old >>fashioned way. If that does not work, "mknod /dev/hda b 3 0". >> >> >> >> > >tried this with no success -- /dev/hda10 still doesn't get recreated. > >Let me reiterate the main problem -- I tried to dist-upgrade my system >(debian sid, about 6 months outdated, running on a blue & white Mac >g3), and when udev wouldn't install, I apt-getted a newer kernel to >try again; rebooted, & now my system doesn't find /dev/hda -- which is >where my /var is located, which means apt-get doesn't work at all, so >udev can't be installed... > >just tried creating the devices manually as per Linas's suggestion but >no go. took a peek in syslog and it seems the cdrom drive is being >identified as /dev/hda; the native pci bus is invisible. tried >modprobing the generic ide driver but, while that succeeded, no >/dev/hd devices were created. So it appears to me that my ide bus is >now invisible somehow. > >tried lspci and it seems some things are missing -- e.g. no ethernet >device is showing (and in fact ifup eth0 gives a "no such device" >error); but there is a listing for >Silicon Image, Inc.. PCI 0646 (rev 5) > >Not sure if that is my ide controller or not. > >Anyway, so something fundamental appears to be screwed up, and I"m not >sure how to proceed next. I of course appreciate any and all advice >on how to proceed. thanks! > >Matt > > > I cannot tell you how to fix it. I CAN tell you how to avoid it in the future. apt-get install kernel-image-2.6-686 will always get you the latest kernal when you upgrade. In other words, make sure to upgrade your kernel first. Why this bug that installs udev which requires a higher kernel continues to exist is beyond me. You get caught in a loop. Cause's much grief from those upgrading.. -- Highest Regards, Rodney Richison RCR Computing http://www.rcrnet.net 118 N. Broadway Cleveland, OK 74020 918-358-1111 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
