Shutdown during kernel upgrade using aptitude

From: J F (j1234f_at_excite.com)
Date: 12/05/04

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Date: Sun,  5 Dec 2004 15:45:30 -0500 (EST)

    I keep getting error message:
    can't find file /lib/modules/2.6.9-1-k7/modules.dep
    at boot time. I can see the file is there.
    At botton is the list of things I have already done.

    root:/lib/modules/2.6.9-1-k7# ls -l
    total 836
    drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Dec 2 22:16 boot
    drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Dec 2 22:16 initrd
    drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 4096 Dec 2 22:16 kernel
    -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 141154 Dec 2 22:16 modules.alias
    -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 69 Dec 2 22:16 modules.ccwmap
    -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 236413 Dec 2 22:16 modules.dep
    -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 517 Dec 2 22:16 modules.ieee1394map
    -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1141 Dec 2 22:16 modules.inputmap
    -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 16427 Dec 2 22:16 modules.isapnpmap
    -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 135507 Dec 2 22:16 modules.pcimap
    -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 106450 Dec 2 22:16 modules.symbols
    -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 156573 Dec 2 22:16 modules.usbmap
    lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 87 Dec 2 22:16 source -> /home/dilinger/src/kernel/kernel-image/2.6.9-3/kernel-image-2.6.9-i386-2.6.9/install-k7
    root:/lib/modules/2.6.9-1-k7#

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     --- On Wed 12/01, J F < j1234f@excite.com > wrote:
    From: J F [mailto: j1234f@excite.com]
    Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2004 18:49:34 -0500
    Subject: Shutdown during system upgrade

    Subject:
    Shutdown during system upgrade

     

    My system shutdown during system upgrade using
    aptitude. It was sitting there warning that
    I should not shutdown while upgrading the kernel and
    lilo might not work.

    Anyway, here is how I fixed it:
    1. Boot Knoppix
    2. Click on hda3 to mount it. Close the file browser window
    and right click on hda3, select properties and
    uncheck the read only button.
    3. su
    4. cd /
    5. remove the link from /boot to the cdrom and then:
    6. ln -s /mnt/hda3/boot .
    7. Knoppix is in ramdisk, so cp /mnt/hda3/etc/lilo.conf /etc/lilo.conf
    8. rm /vmlinuz; cd /
    ln -s /boot/kernimagewhateververion vmlinuz
    9. I had a problem with the kernel that was
    installing, so I deleted it out of lilo.conf and
    then typed:
    lilo
     
    Reboot into debian
    10. If you run aptitude and get the error like
    can't lock cache, then:
    dpkg --configure -a
    11. lilo
    Fatal: open /initrd.img: No such file or directory
    12. # mkinitrd -o /initrd.img
    13. lilo
    and hopefully it will work now.

    Just thought somebody might run into the same problem.

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