[plug] system hangs after kernel upgrade

[Tomasz Grzegurzko]

Quoting Lance Duivenbode <lduivenb-mlist at iinet.net.au>:

> 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.

And don't forget to re-run lilo!!!

# lilo -v

Tomasz
> 
> 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.
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >Jon
> >
> >  
> >
> >>>>craig at postnewspapers.com.au 1:35:29 am 5/01/2006 >>>
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >On Thu, Jan 05, 2006 at 03:21:38PM +0800, Jon  Miller wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>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.
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >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.
> >
> >  
> >