Can't boot after kernel update. Newbie needs help.
Hi, ----- SUsE 8.2 Pro, Grub bootloader, ----- I did a mistake after installing yesterday's kernel update and need help. I was confused about the warning message "please execute /sbin/lilo after installing the update kernel and prior to rebooting". I let yast handle the update (as I always do) and (I think) everything was OK after the update. My mistake: After the update I found som *.old files, and did rm *.old (stupid me) on all of them. hd-boot: "Kernel requires old insmod, but couldn't run insmod.old: No such file or directory. Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on on 21:02" With CD-boot I can reach runlevel 5 and login in textmode, but with no network connections. rpm -q k_deflt: "k_deflt is not installed" uname -r: "2.4.20-4GB" What to do? /Jari, Stockholm Newbie in progress
Hi,
My mistake: After the update I found som *.old files, and did rm *.old (stupid me) on all of them.
Ouch :)
With CD-boot I can reach runlevel 5 and login in textmode, but with no network connections.
That's good. If you're at the prompt, mount your file system and reinstall the modutils package mkdir /foo mount /dev/hdaXXX /foo # select correct partition rpm --root /foo -e --nodeps modutils rpm --root /foo -ivh --force /media/cdrom/blablabla/modutils.rpm Then re-create the initrd chroot /foo mk_initrd exit umount /foo reboot -f Hope this helps Olaf -- Olaf Kirch | Anyone who has had to work with X.509 has probably okir@suse.de | experienced what can best be described as ---------------+ ISO water torture. -- Peter Gutmann
On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 08:01:06PM +0100, Michael Maldener wrote:
rpm --root /foo -e --nodeps modutils Why are the dependecies not examinated?
Dependencies are pointless here because the package is reinstalled afterwards anyway. Robert -- Robert Schiele Tel.: +49-621-181-2517 Dipl.-Wirtsch.informatiker mailto:rschiele@uni-mannheim.de
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