[Tfug] Debian unable to mount root fs after an update/upgrade

[Christopher Robbins]

On 1/24/07, Stephen Hooper <stephen.hooper at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 1/24/07, Christopher Robbins <robbinsc at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > 2.)  Mount your hard drive, and go to /usr/src/
> > 3.)  Find the OLDER version of the kernel (the one with the older
> version #,
> > or the one under /usr/src/linux)
>
> Is that something Debian normally does?  Shouldn't the kernel really
> be in a place you know you aren't going to have to mount?  Like maybe
> "/boot"?


Eh, depends on how it's done, I suppose.  I can't remember the
Debian-specific instructions for
the fix, but that's how SUSE is usually setup.  :)

> 4.)  Change the grub config (assuming you're using grub, under
> > /boot/grub/menu.lst) to point to the old version
>
> Assuming "/boot" is mounted, but if he partitioned his drive he will
> need to mount it  to make this mod :}


 True.  We don't quite know how he's got everything laid out...We'll have to
wait for a response, I guess

-Chris

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Chris Robbins
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