On Sun, 2007-01-21 at 20:22 +1100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On 21 Jan, To: Sydney Linux Users Group wrote: > > Any advice would be most welcome.
Dont do 'apt-get update; apt-get upgrade' - for two reasons: Firstly, a failed update is not something you want to upgrade from, so doing 'apt-get update && apt-get upgrade' would be safer. Secondly, 'apt-get upgrade' does not add or remove packages, and when a kernel version changes, you may well want additional related packages. Its better to do 'apt-get dist-upgrade' for incremental upgrades within a distribution. In terms of recovering your system, it should be as simple as booting a live CD. When the prompt appears, do 'live root=/dev/md0' or something similar - I can't remember the exact syntax offhand - but that will get you booted. Once you are running, use aptitude and check that all the recommended packages for the new kernel version are present, including udev. You can then use 'update-initramfs' and 'update-grub' to regenerate the initramfs which contains a copy of udev, and *that* should let you boot properly again. Cheers, Rob -- GPG key available at: <http://www.robertcollins.net/keys.txt>.
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