Package: kernel
Followup-For: Bug #271434
I noticed the same problem (pivot_root: No such file or directory)
on a Dell Dimension 8300 with 2 SATA-harddisks and 2 IDE CD, DVD after
a simple update from
kernel-image-2.6.7-xxx-686 -> kernel-image-2.6.8-1.686
This update made the system unbootable,
Reason: the SATA-disks on my system cannot be handled by the IDE-driver
I got the system bootable again with two changes:
1) changed "kernel"-record in the file /boot/grub/menu.lst
/dev/hdxx -> /dev/sdxx
i.e.:
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.8-1-686 root=/dev/hda5 ro ->
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.8-1-686 root=/dev/sda1 ro
2) generated a new /boot/initrd.img-2.6.8-1-686 with changes to the
file loadmodules
i added to loadmodules the two lines:
modprobe -k ata_piix
modprobe -k sd_mod
hopefully this helps a bit.
Cheers Gert
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-1-686
Locale: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
