Hi Frederik, i've just tried kernel-image-2.6.11-amd64-k8 with the exact same result...
> On Fri, Jul 01, 2005 at 02:10:04AM -0400, Pascal Giard wrote: > > Since kernel-image-2.6.11-amd64-generic 2.6.11-4, the kernel-image won't > > boot. > > > > The first error message says something like: > > " Can't load shared object file libc.so.6 " > > The second error message says it can't find sda1. > > Do you have the initrd in place, and is it linked correctly in the > bootloader? i'm using grub and my /boot/grub/menu.lst shows that yes, it finds it: title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.11-9-amd64-k8 Default root (hd0,0) kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda1 ro console=tty0 initrd /boot/initrd.img savedefault boot [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/recover$ ls -l /boot/initrd.img* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 28 2005-06-30 19:39 /boot/initrd.img -> initrd.img-2.6.11-9-amd64-k8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4694016 2005-06-29 23:42 /boot/initrd.img-2.6.11-9-amd64-generic -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4730880 2005-06-30 19:39 /boot/initrd.img-2.6.11-9-amd64-k8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4182016 2005-06-19 03:53 /boot/initrd.img-2.6.8-11-amd64-generic lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 2005-06-19 14:07 /boot/initrd.img.old -> initrd.img-2.6.11-9-amd64-generic > > My hypothesis is that the necessary modules for my onboard SATA > > controller are no longer included in the initrd image. > > > > I HAVEN'T modified /etc/mkinitrd/mkinitrd.conf. > > > > I've a pretty common Asus K8V-X motherboard which SATA ctrler > > requires at least scsi_mod, sata_via and libata to work. > > what do you have listed in your /etc/mkinitrd/modules? it's empty... (well there are commented-out lines). so i should use that file to specify my needed modules since mkinitrd can't auto-detect them anymore? > > Booting with the current kernel-image-2.6.8-amd64-generic image works fine. > > I'm happy i kept my very old image before upgrading 2.6.11!! > > the amd64-generic kernel is intended for the installer, you should > run install 2.6.11-9-amd64-k8 instead, but this is another issue. thanks for your help, -Pascal -- XBGM# (http://xbgm.sf.net) MoviXMaker-2 (http://sv.gnu.org/projects/movixmaker) [e]MoviX[2] (http://movix.sf.net) Debian GNU/Linux (http://www.debian.org)