[linrad] Re: Debian Etch

[Ramiro Aceves <gmail.com; ea1abz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Leif Asbrink wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> This is only for those of you who run Debian Etch.
>
>
> Running "apt-get upgrade" may make your system
> impossible to boot. For a while I thought my
> hard disk was corrupted because the last thing I had
> done before rebooting was to try the SDR-14 which
> did not work (2.14 under X11/Debian)
>
> Now I know the problem and the cure so I thought 
> I should share it with you.
>
> What happens after "apt-get upgrade" is that the
> next boot fails like this:
>
> Begin: Waiting for root file system...
>
> If I wait for a long time some more text appears:
>
> Done.
> Alert /dev/hda1 does not exist. Dropping to shell!
> .
> .
> .
>
> A simple way to cure this problem:
>
> 1) Mount the hard disk on the second IDE bus
> so it becomes /dev/hdc
>
> 2) Put something that works as /dev/hda (I used a
> hard disk with RedHat 9 on it)
>
> 3) Boot up and mount /dev/hdc1 as /mnt/hdc1
>
> 4) Type "chroot /mnt/hdc1"
>
> 5) Type "apt-get install udev"
>
> 6) Shut down, put the Debian Etch disk back 
> as /dev/hda and reboot.
>
>
> Info is available on the Internet, but maybe
> it will save some time for someone to find it here:-)
>
> 73
>
> Leif
>
> SM5BSZ


Thanks Leif for the advice!

I think that it also can be fixed easily using a livecd and following a 
similar procedure.

I have not upgraded to etch yet. I am working with stable.

Ramiro.

PS: I have been busy in the last month so I have not been able to play 
with new versions of Linrad!

EA1ABZ.

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