[plug] system hangs after kernel upgrade

[Lance Duivenbode]

Jon,

I'm not sure about aptitude, but I know that when I upgrade machines 
from a 2.4 kernel to a 2.6 kernel apt usually displays a message before 
installing the image. This message states (and repeats) the need to 
manually insert the 'initrd' parameter to your boot loader config and 
requires you to enter 'Y' so you are you you want to proceed.

For GRUB, all you need to add is the line:

initrd /initrd.img

to your /boot/grub/menu.lst file at the appropriate location (note that 
it is '.lst' with a lowercase 'L' not the number '1').

For LILO you need to add the line

initrd = /initrd.img

to your /etc/lilo.conf file at the appropriate location.

Finally, note that Debian usually creates a symlink at /initrd.img to 
the latest version of the init image. If you want to run multiple custom 
kernels, then the above lines need to be changed to point to the correct 
init file.

Hope this helps,
Lance

Jon Miller wrote:

>Craig,
>So you are saying that using aptitude to install does not pass the initrd command?  Can you refresh my memory with either a document that describes this or the command to be used as I've not done this before.
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>Thanks
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>Jon
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>>>>craig at postnewspapers.com.au 1:35:29 am 5/01/2006 >>>
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>On Thu, Jan 05, 2006 at 03:21:38PM +0800, Jon  Miller wrote:
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>>I'm attempting to do an kernel upgrade from 2.4.27-2-686  to 2.6.8-2-686 and when the system boot it hangs at the prompt /sbin/init: 432: Connot open dev/console No such file.
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>Most likely you forgot to include the initrd on the boot command line.
>The initrd is required to set up udev, without which you won't get far.
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