-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I first posted this on debian-user, but it was recommended that I ask here:-
I have updated my unstable which caused it to load a new version of the kernel image package. I followed instructions and moved the old version of the module directory out the way and it has placed a new copy there. However when I boot, ther is something wrong with the initrd image (I think) because during boot I get pivot_root: No such file or directory followed by /sbin/init: cannot open dev/console at which point the kernel panics and goes no further. I am struggling with understanding how initrd works. According to the document /linuxrc script is run but all that does is poke around with /proc/sys/kernel/real-root-dev - I can't see how it calls pivot_root (or indeed the other scripts which load the ext3 filesystem module for the root). If I can't get this I have no hope of tracking this problem - can someone explain. [Fortunately I also had an old version of the kernel lying around and a means to select in in lilo - so at least I can get mail up and running again to ask] - -- Alan Chandler [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE9qH33uFHxcV2FFoIRApzwAJ0QpKAeJnegxTxHvoo6Ot80esPzkACgnrza N9+kuP0pLZhL500qDnhwMnU= =/WKv -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
