Re: Latest kernel security update wont boot resolved

2007-12-14 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 09:54:49PM -0500, Marc Auslander wrote: > The problem is operator (that's me) stupidity. > > I have an overloaded find so I can say find foo and have it mean > find . -name foo -print > > mkinitramfs uses find . | cpio to build the initrd.img > ooh, interesting. I wouldn't

Re: Latest kernel security update wont boot resolved

2007-12-13 Thread Marc Auslander
The problem is operator (that's me) stupidity. I have an overloaded find so I can say find foo and have it mean find . -name foo -print mkinitramfs uses find . | cpio to build the initrd.img I have my stuff in the path (yeh i know i know) I've wasted my time - i deserve it - and your time - yo

Re: Latest kernel security update wont boot

2007-12-13 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 04:22:10PM -0500, Marc Auslander wrote: > On 12/13/2007 Andrew Sackville-West wrote: >> the command will be something like >> >> mkinitramfs -o initrd.img-2.6.18-version-arch -k 2.6.18-version-arch >> be sure to move the other one aside first. and since you're using >> lilo

Re: Latest kernel security update wont boot

2007-12-13 Thread Marc Auslander
On 12/13/2007 Andrew Sackville-West wrote: the command will be something like mkinitramfs -o initrd.img-2.6.18-version-arch -k 2.6.18-version-arch be sure to move the other one aside first. and since you're using lilo, make sure you aer aware of what your symlinks are and so forth. I tried

Re: Latest kernel security update wont boot

2007-12-13 Thread Marc Auslander
I tried again - I did in fact (ignore earlier post) see the OK and clicked on it. initrd.img winds up being 89 bytes long. The output of the configure follow. The only anomoly is the comment about a missing link. There is a /lib/modules/2.6.18-5-686, but it does not contain an entry names sourc

Re: Latest kernel security update wont boot

2007-12-13 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 02:36:42PM -0500, Marc Auslander wrote: >> Marc Auslander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> I am running etch on a Dell with ide drives, using LILO >>> >>> I just used aptitude to install the latest security update to the >>> 2.6.18 kernel, 2.6.18.dfsg.1-13etch5 >>> >>> The

Re: Latest kernel security update wont boot

2007-12-13 Thread Marc Auslander
Graham wrote: On 13 Dec 2007 10:38:00 -0500 Marc Auslander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am running etch on a Dell with ide drives, using LILO I just used aptitude to install the latest security update to the 2.6.18 kernel, 2.6.18.dfsg.1-13etch5 The install produced a message about the fact th

Re: Latest kernel security update wont boot

2007-12-13 Thread Graham
On 13 Dec 2007 10:38:00 -0500 Marc Auslander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am running etch on a Dell with ide drives, using LILO > > I just used aptitude to install the latest security update to the > 2.6.18 kernel, 2.6.18.dfsg.1-13etch5 > > The install produced a message about the fact that it

Latest kernel security update wont boot

2007-12-13 Thread Marc Auslander
I am running etch on a Dell with ide drives, using LILO I just used aptitude to install the latest security update to the 2.6.18 kernel, 2.6.18.dfsg.1-13etch5 The install produced a message about the fact that it was updating the running kernel and I should reboot right away - which I did. Reboo