Bug#422459: same problem here, no software raid

Robert Millan rmh at aybabtu.com
Thu May 10 16:32:16 UTC 2007


This is unrelated to this bug.  Please file another one.

On Thu, May 10, 2007 at 02:16:20PM +0300, Statu Nascendi wrote:
> Seems like somewhere in the process of upgrading to the last kernel
> image, kernel entry gets messed up in menu.lst, putting the wrong
> root=.... For example, before upgrade I had root=/dev/hda3, but now
> probably is /dev/hda1(i can't really log on to that system anymore,
> being a remote host.). Anyway, same thing happened when I upgraded from
> sarge to etch 2-3 weeks ago... (only that i forgot bout it today and
> happily upgraded the kernel and rebooted without correcting menu.lst
> :D). Can you please specify what actual script does modify menu.lst
> while upgrading a kernel? Thanks.
> 
> Note that i did an aptitude update, then aptitude upgrade today in order
> to upgrade to the last packages.
> 
> Oh... and the system ends up in busy-box after some /dev/hda... no such
> file or directory, /dev/.static no such file or directory, etc, etc...
> But basically the problem is in the way the upgrading process updates
> menu.lst.
> 
> 
> Have a nice day.
> 

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