Re: Linux-image-2.6.25 won't boot - target filesystem error

On 30 Jun 2008, Daniel Dalton wrote:
On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 10:14:02AM +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote:

I just installed linux-image-2.6.25-2 from Sid. Boot fails with a
mwwage:

"target filesystem doesn't have bootarg"

This is followed by:
"/bin/sh: can't access tty; job control turned off"


Mine works here, but was there any errors with dpkg when installing?
Also, did you get the right one for your computer? Eg. x86 for x86
machines.

I also found a Debian recommendation to modify /etc/fstab in order to
get the file systems recognized, but I'm reluctant to do so for fear of
losing the ability to boot any kernel at all.

err... just get a rescue cd, if it won't boot, put it in the cd drive,
boot it mount your linux partition open
/mntp/to/linux/partition/etc/fstab
And remove those lines, reboot back into your linux 2.6.23 kernel...


No error messages. I do get:
aetting up linux-image-2.6.25-2-amd64 (2.6.25-6) ...
Running depmod.
Finding valid ramdisk creators.
Using mkinitramfs-kpkg to build the ramdisk.
Other valid candidates: mkinitramfs-kpkg mkinitrd.yaird


The kernel is correct; I'm currently using linux-image-2.6.23-amd64.

I take the point about using a rescue disk but I'm not sure of what to
try for /etc/fstab. I know that a fresh installation of linux uses
different syntax but I don't remember what it is or how it works.
Currently I have:

/dev/hdb10 / ext3 errors=remount-ro 0 1
/dev/hda5 none swap sw 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# none /proc/bus/usb/ usbdevfs user,noauto 0 0
none /proc/bus/usb usbfs defaults 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy auto user,noauto,rw 0 0
/dev/hdc /media/cdrom iso9660 ro,user,noauto,unhide 0 0
/dev/hdb6 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/hdb7 /usr/local ext3 defaults 0 2
/dev/hdb8 /home ext3 defaults 0 2
/dev/hda1 /backup ext3 user,defaults 0 2
~
~

Anthony

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