-------- Forwarded Message -------- From: JOHN HUNTER <jmd...@btinternet.com> To: Ben Hutchings <b...@decadent.org.uk> Subject: Re: Bug#656695: linux-image-2.6.32-5-686-bigmem Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2012 18:46:58 +0000 (GMT)
More information; you asked what were 'lilo's bleats. I do not think that `lilo' is directly to blame; the warnings issued by the lilo installer were: Skipping /vmlinux.old Warning: CHANGE AUTOMATIC assumed after other=/dev/sda1 Added Windows Warning: CHANGE AUTOMATIC assumed after other=/dev/sda2 Added Windows1 Warning: CHANGE AUTOMATIC assumed after other=/dev/sda3 Added Windows2 3 warnings were issued {end of lilo output} The usual gang were all caused by a malfunctioning Windows 7 installation. I have had something similar to this happen before. On the previous occasion, the cause was the linux image was just too big; I cannot remember the workaround which I applied then. --- On Sat, 21/1/12, Ben Hutchings <b...@decadent.org.uk> wrote: From: Ben Hutchings <b...@decadent.org.uk> Subject: Re: Bug#656695: linux-image-2.6.32-5-686-bigmem To: "JOHN HUNTER" <jmd...@btinternet.com>, 656...@bugs.debian.org Date: Saturday, 21 January, 2012, 3:15 On Sat, 2012-01-21 at 01:42 +0000, JOHN HUNTER wrote: > Package: linux-image-2.6.32-5-686-bigmem > > Severity: serious [ the system will not boot ] > > Symptoms: boot fails almost immediately. > > Using synaptic, the kernel was upgraded. I ran `lilo' with the usual > gang of warnings. There shouldn't be any 'usual gang of warnings'. What did you see? [...] > Loading, please wait ... > /init: /scripts/functions: line 394: syntax error: unexpected ")" (expected ";;" This means something is wrong with the initramfs. It could be a bug in initramfs-tools but I suspect that lilo is trying to load the wrong disk blocks. [...] > How can I get back to the previous kernel suite? Use the 'rescue mode' of the installer. Start a shell in the installed system. Then install an older kernel package from the 'stable' suite, the CD or the APT cache. You may also be able to do that starting from the live CD. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings When in doubt, use brute force. - Ken Thompson -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org