Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel upgrade breaks virtualbox

On Sun, 28 Nov 2021 10:03:59 +, Michael wrote: > > > emerge pkg should always emerge it, whether it is installed or not. > > > Have you added anything to EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS to alter this > > > behaviour? > > > > That *could* alter it, yes. That I think *would* alter it, no. > > > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel upgrade breaks virtualbox

On Sunday, 28 November 2021 08:53:07 GMT Wols Lists wrote: > On 28/11/2021 07:50, Neil Bothwick wrote: > > On Sun, 28 Nov 2021 00:11:57 +, Wols Lists wrote: > >>> Strange. try: emerge virtualbox-modules > >>> > >>> That should be rebuild after everuy kernel upgrade and that happens > >>>

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel upgrade breaks virtualbox

On 28/11/2021 07:50, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Sun, 28 Nov 2021 00:11:57 +, Wols Lists wrote: Strange. try: emerge virtualbox-modules That should be rebuild after everuy kernel upgrade and that happens normally with emerge @module-rebuild "nothing to rebuild" emerge pkg should always

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel upgrade breaks virtualbox

On Sun, 28 Nov 2021 00:11:57 +, Wols Lists wrote: > > Strange. try: emerge virtualbox-modules > > > > That should be rebuild after everuy kernel upgrade and that happens > > normally with emerge @module-rebuild > > > "nothing to rebuild" emerge pkg should always emerge it, whether it is

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel upgrade breaks virtualbox

quickpg the existing  modules then try the remove/reinstall fix. You can then use "emerge -K =package" or even a manually reinstall (by coping them over the newer ones) to replace the modules if things don't work out. I would think in your case needing to keep kernel specific modules around

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel upgrade breaks virtualbox

On 27/11/2021 22:15, Kees wrote: >The docu says "emerge @module-rebuild". >Both of these terminate with "nothing to rebuild". Strange. try: emerge virtualbox-modules That should be rebuild after everuy kernel upgrade and that happens normally with emerge @module-rebuild "nothing to

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel upgrade breaks virtualbox

>The docu says "emerge @module-rebuild". >Both of these terminate with "nothing to rebuild". Strange. try: emerge virtualbox-modules That should be rebuild after everuy kernel upgrade and that happens normally with emerge @module-rebuild

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel upgrade breaks virtualbox

On Sat, Nov 27, 2021 at 7:29 AM Wols Lists wrote: > > Simple problem, after a kernel upgrade, virtualbox no longer works. This > is to be expected, of course, BUT ... > I can't offer any VirtualBox-specific solutions but I would try reinstalling it as others have suggested (emerge -1

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel upgrade breaks virtualbox

I mean that as: just reinstall Virtualbox as a first troubleshooting step. If that works, great. If it doesn’t, then that can be marked off the list as something that was tried. On Sat, Nov 27, 2021 at 8:21 AM Wols Lists wrote: > On 27/11/2021 13:03, Jeremy Hendricks wrote: > > I’d recommend

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel upgrade breaks virtualbox

On 27/11/2021 13:03, Jeremy Hendricks wrote: I’d recommend emerging Virtualbox again. It should just work with emerge @module-rebuild unless Virtualbox isn’t compatible with the newer version of kernel. HOW !?!? The problem is that they are already installed, so any attempt to emerge them

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel upgrade breaks virtualbox

On Saturday, 27 November 2021 12:59:49 GMT Wols Lists wrote: > On 27/11/2021 12:41, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > On Saturday, 27 November 2021 12:29:10 GMT Wols Lists wrote: > >> Simple problem, after a kernel upgrade, virtualbox no longer works. This > >> is to be expected, of course, BUT ... > >>

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel upgrade breaks virtualbox

I’d recommend emerging Virtualbox again. It should just work with emerge @module-rebuild unless Virtualbox isn’t compatible with the newer version of kernel. On Sat, Nov 27, 2021 at 8:00 AM Wols Lists wrote: > On 27/11/2021 12:41, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > On Saturday, 27 November 2021 12:29:10

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel upgrade breaks virtualbox

On 27/11/2021 12:41, Peter Humphrey wrote: On Saturday, 27 November 2021 12:29:10 GMT Wols Lists wrote: Simple problem, after a kernel upgrade, virtualbox no longer works. This is to be expected, of course, BUT ... How do I fix it !!! What I always did on my old system was to re-emerge the

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel upgrade breaks virtualbox

On Saturday, 27 November 2021 12:29:10 GMT Wols Lists wrote: > Simple problem, after a kernel upgrade, virtualbox no longer works. This > is to be expected, of course, BUT ... > > How do I fix it !!! > > What I always did on my old system was to re-emerge the modules. > > The docu says "emerge

[gentoo-user] Kernel upgrade breaks virtualbox

Simple problem, after a kernel upgrade, virtualbox no longer works. This is to be expected, of course, BUT ... How do I fix it !!! What I always did on my old system was to re-emerge the modules. The docu says "emerge @module-rebuild". Both of these terminate with "nothing to rebuild". What

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel upgrade from 5.4 to 5.10: oldconfig "Restart config..."

On Tue, 06 Apr 2021 13:59:11 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > > fwiw, I think I've always just copied the old .config across, then > > > done "make menuconfig". I think that also just accepts defaults for > > > anything new. > > > > It doesn't, it prompts for every change, with the default > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel upgrade from 5.4 to 5.10: oldconfig "Restart config..."

On Monday, 5 April 2021 19:43:29 BST Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Mon, 5 Apr 2021 19:04:18 +0100, antlists wrote: > > > For the uninitiated, the difference here is that olddefconfig will > > > accept the default configuration value for any new/changed options, > > > whereas oldconfig will prompt the

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel upgrade from 5.4 to 5.10: oldconfig "Restart config..."

On Mon, 5 Apr 2021 19:04:18 +0100, antlists wrote: > > For the uninitiated, the difference here is that olddefconfig will > > accept the default configuration value for any new/changed options, > > whereas oldconfig will prompt the user for input. > > > > The former is great if you just don't

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel upgrade from 5.4 to 5.10: oldconfig "Restart config..."

On 05/04/2021 15:06, Matt Connell (Gmail) wrote: On Mon, 2021-04-05 at 13:27 +0200, Dr Rainer Woitok wrote: "make olddefconfig"  rather than  "make oldconfig" For the uninitiated, the difference here is that olddefconfig will accept the default configuration value for any new/changed options,

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel upgrade from 5.4 to 5.10: oldconfig "Restart config..."

On Mon, 2021-04-05 at 13:27 +0200, Dr Rainer Woitok wrote: > "make olddefconfig"  rather than  "make oldconfig" For the uninitiated, the difference here is that olddefconfig will accept the default configuration value for any new/changed options, whereas oldconfig will prompt the user for input.

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel upgrade from 5.4 to 5.10: oldconfig "Restart config..."

On Mon 05 Apr 2021 13:27:01 GMT, Dr Rainer Woitok wrote: > I'm always using "make olddefconfig" rather than "make oldconfig" and > had no problems upgrading to 5.10. After running "make olddefconfig" I > use "diff" to compare the new configuration to a backup copy of the old > one, and

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel upgrade from 5.4 to 5.10: oldconfig "Restart config..."

On Sun 04 Apr 2021 23:56:05 GMT, Michael wrote: > On Sunday, 4 April 2021 23:31:50 BST Alarig Le Lay wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Has the 5.10 LTS has been stablised, I tried to upgrade it on some of my > > boxes, but `make oldconfig` doesn’t want to use my old config: > > Here is my make output:

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel upgrade from 5.4 to 5.10: oldconfig "Restart config..."

Alarig, On Monday, 2021-04-05 00:31:50 +0200, you wrote: > ... > Has the 5.10 LTS has been stablised, I tried to upgrade it on some of my > boxes, but `make oldconfig` doesn’t want to use my old config: I'm always using "make olddefconfig" rather than "make oldconfig" and had no problems

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel upgrade from 5.4 to 5.10: oldconfig "Restart config..."

On Sunday, 4 April 2021 23:31:50 BST Alarig Le Lay wrote: > Hello, > > Has the 5.10 LTS has been stablised, I tried to upgrade it on some of my > boxes, but `make oldconfig` doesn’t want to use my old config: > Here is my make output: https://paste.swordarmor.fr/raw/2rRh > And here is my config:

[gentoo-user] Kernel upgrade from 5.4 to 5.10: oldconfig "Restart config..."

Hello, Has the 5.10 LTS has been stablised, I tried to upgrade it on some of my boxes, but `make oldconfig` doesn’t want to use my old config: Here is my make output: https://paste.swordarmor.fr/raw/2rRh And here is my config: https://paste.swordarmor.fr/raw/YHaG Does anyone else has to redo

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel upgrade confusion

On 30/12/2017 20:43, Jalus Bilieyich wrote: > Recently there was a kernel update and I don't want to reconfigure it > from scratch. In the official documentation, it told me to move the old > .config into the new kernel source tree and type > make oldconfig > > This is where I'm confused; which

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel upgrade confusion

This worked. Thank you all a thousand times!

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel upgrade confusion

On 30/12/17 19:11, Mick wrote: to remove the symlink pointing to the previous kernel, to create a new symlink to the new kernel sources directory, Or, to use the supplied gentoo tools ... eselect kernel list eselect kernel set n to see what kernels the system thinks are available, and to

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel upgrade confusion

Hi Jalus, On Saturday, 30 December 2017 18:43:12 GMT Jalus Bilieyich wrote: > Recently there was a kernel update and I don't want to reconfigure it > from scratch. In the official documentation, it told me to move the old > .config into the new kernel source tree and type > make oldconfig > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel upgrade confusion

Hi Jalus, > This is where I'm confused; which .config file (/proc/config.gz or > /boot/config) The two should have the same content most of the time. You can use either. config.gz needs to be decompressed (e.g. with zcat). > where in the kernel source tree do I put this file in. In the root of

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel upgrade confusion

On 30/12/17 18:43, Jalus Bilieyich wrote: Recently there was a kernel update and I don't want to reconfigure it from scratch. In the official documentation, it told me to move the old .config into the new kernel source tree and type make oldconfig This is where I'm confused; which .config file

[gentoo-user] Kernel upgrade confusion

Recently there was a kernel update and I don't want to reconfigure it from scratch. In the official documentation, it told me to move the old .config into the new kernel source tree and type make oldconfig This is where I'm confused; which .config file (/proc/config.gz or /boot/config) and where

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel upgrade from 4.1.12 to 4.4.6 hangs without writing logs.

On April 27, 2016 12:59:18 PM GMT+02:00, Hans wrote: >Tried to upgrade the kernels of my desktop and notebook fron kernel >4.1.12 upgrade to 4.4.6. Both systems freeze during booting with 4.4.6. > >No dmsg, No messages logs. Previous kernel upgrades always worked >smooth >as

[gentoo-user] Kernel upgrade from 4.1.12 to 4.4.6 hangs without writing logs.

Tried to upgrade the kernels of my desktop and notebook fron kernel 4.1.12 upgrade to 4.4.6. Both systems freeze during booting with 4.4.6. No dmsg, No messages logs. Previous kernel upgrades always worked smooth as silk. Using: OpenRC, eudev, Xfce, Desktop configration: Genkernel with

[gentoo-user] Kernel upgrade

Hi. Im trying to upgrade the kernel from 2.6.35-gentoo-r12 to linux-2.6.36-gentoo-r5 just copied the .config from the old one and did a make oldconfig as i usually do but when i tried to compile it got this message: -- localhost linux #

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel upgrade

Fzinc wrote: Hi. Im trying to upgrade the kernel from 2.6.35-gentoo-r12 to linux-2.6.36-gentoo-r5 just copied the .config from the old one and did a make oldconfig as i usually do but when i tried to compile it got this message: --

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel upgrade and now LUKS failure.

Am 03.05.2010 18:56, schrieb Jason Dusek: I have an encrypted block device, `/dev/sda2', which is mounted as my root filesystem. I recently installed this system -- I've been away from Gentoo for awhile -- and used gentoo sources 2.6.31-r6. When the kernel upgrade rolled around, to

[gentoo-user] Kernel upgrade and now LUKS failure.

I have an encrypted block device, `/dev/sda2', which is mounted as my root filesystem. I recently installed this system -- I've been away from Gentoo for awhile -- and used gentoo sources 2.6.31-r6. When the kernel upgrade rolled around, to 2.6.32-r7, I installed and rebooted and then my

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel upgrade and now LUKS failure.

Am 03.05.2010 18:56, schrieb Jason Dusek: I have an encrypted block device, `/dev/sda2', which is mounted as my root filesystem. I recently installed this system -- I've been away from Gentoo for awhile -- and used gentoo sources 2.6.31-r6. When the kernel upgrade rolled around, to

[gentoo-user] Kernel upgrade question: is it adviseable?

I noticed yesterday gentoo-sources-2.6.29 was released, and was wondering if it's required that the kernel be upgraded (I'm currently running 2.6.28. I did download the sources (Should I have done that?), but in the event it's not mandatory or anything to upgrade the kernel I'd really like to not

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel upgrade question: is it adviseable?

On Wednesday 03 June 2009 17:43:56 James Homuth wrote: I noticed yesterday gentoo-sources-2.6.29 was released, and was wondering if it's required that the kernel be upgraded no (I'm currently running 2.6.28. nothing wrong with that I did download the sources (Should I have done that?),

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel upgrade question: is it adviseable?

Alan McKinnon wrote: On Wednesday 03 June 2009 17:43:56 James Homuth wrote: Related, however, if I do recompile it and decide to do so with genkernel, Yuck. I tell people to stay away from that thing. Just learn how to do it yourself. It's not hard, you get only what you want,

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel upgrade question: is it adviseable?

On Wednesday 03 June 2009 18:39:56 Dale wrote: will it respect the settings I've compiled into 2.6.28 or will they need to be reset again before 2.6.29 is compiled? No. Not unless you give it the old config to use. IIRC it has some feature to use the config for the currently running

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel upgrade question: is it adviseable?

Alan McKinnon wrote: On Wednesday 03 June 2009 18:39:56 Dale wrote: Why not copy the config from the old kernel over and run make oldconfig? May need to do some cleaning after genkernel tho. That's the correct way :-) But the OP asked if there was some magic way to get genkernel

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel upgrade question: is it adviseable?

On (03/06/09 15:40) Dale wrote: Alan McKinnon wrote: On Wednesday 03 June 2009 18:39:56 Dale wrote: Why not copy the config from the old kernel over and run make oldconfig? May need to do some cleaning after genkernel tho. That's the correct way :-) But the OP asked if

Re: [gentoo-user] kernel upgrade error

김무성 writes: For installing vmware My kernel version is 2.6.24-gentoo-r5. But I have no source files. So I downloaded source files. But that’s version 2.6.27-gentoo-r8. When I installed vmware, it told me kernel version and kernel source files’ version no match. I have to kernel upgrade.

Re: [gentoo-user] kernel upgrade error. help me

On Thu, 9 Apr 2009 00:19:03 -0400, Saphirus Sage wrote: Please trim your quotes. I saw that, I just found it very odd that you don't keep the initramrd and kernel image in /boot. Therefore, I was wondering if your issue was having not properly configured genkernel. I've never seen anyone

[gentoo-user] kernel upgrade error. help me

Hello list. For installing vmware My kernel version is 2.6.24-gentoo-r5. But I have no source files. So I downloaded source files. But that’s version 2.6.27-gentoo-r8. When I installed vmware, it told me kernel version and kernel source files’ version no match. I have to kernel

Re: [gentoo-user] kernel upgrade error. help me

±è¹«¼º wrote: Hello list. For installing vmware My kernel version is 2.6.24-gentoo-r5. But I have no source files. So I downloaded source files. But that¡¯s version 2.6.27-gentoo-r8. When I installed vmware, it told me kernel version and kernel source files¡¯ version no match.

RE: [gentoo-user] kernel upgrade error. help me

, 2009 11:58 AM To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] kernel upgrade error. help me ±è¹«¼º wrote: Hello list. For installing vmware My kernel version is 2.6.24-gentoo-r5. But I have no source files. So I downloaded source files. But that¡¯s version 2.6.27-gentoo

Re: [gentoo-user] kernel upgrade error. help me

: Saphirus Sage [mailto:saphirus...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 11:58 AM To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] kernel upgrade error. help me ±è¹«¼º wrote: Hello list. For installing vmware My kernel version is 2.6.24-gentoo-r5. But I have no source files. So I

[gentoo-user] kernel upgrade error

Hello list. For installing vmware My kernel version is 2.6.24-gentoo-r5. But I have no source files. So I downloaded source files. But that’s version 2.6.27-gentoo-r8. When I installed vmware, it told me kernel version and kernel source files’ version no match. I have to kernel

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel upgrade problem

On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 8:56 PM, David Relson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Dirk, Thanks for taking the time to reply. The combination of gentoo-sources and genkernel has been working quite well for the 2 yrs I've been running Gentoo. It's convenient to have grub.conf auto-magically

[gentoo-user] Kernel upgrade problem

G'day, Due to problems experienced with 2.6.25-gentoo-r7, I've built 2.6.27-gentoo-r2. I started with the 2.6.25-r7 .config file, ran make oldconfig, then genkernel all. The new 2.6.27 kernel appears to load modules OK, then hangs. The old 2.6.25-r7 kernel displays Activating mdev after it

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel upgrade problem

Am Dienstag, 4. November 2008 20:51:10 schrieb David Relson: Due to problems experienced with 2.6.25-gentoo-r7, I've built 2.6.27-gentoo-r2. I started with the 2.6.25-r7 .config file, ran make oldconfig, then genkernel all. Don't know if that helps, but anyway, here's what I usually do: I

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel upgrade problem

Hello Dirk, Thanks for taking the time to reply. The combination of gentoo-sources and genkernel has been working quite well for the 2 yrs I've been running Gentoo. It's convenient to have grub.conf auto-magically updated and that's not been an issue. When upgrading from one kernel revision to

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel upgrade broke NAT

On Friday 22 February 2008 16:22:34 Grant wrote: Too bad that 'oldconfig' isn't always working :-( Is there a better way to update the config for a new kernel? What I do is to run menuconfig against the most recent .config, and search (visually) for items marked [NEW] and read their Help

[gentoo-user] Kernel upgrade broke NAT

I upgraded my router's kernel from linux-2.6.18-hardened-r6 to linux-2.6.23-hardened-r7 and now I get errors when starting the firewall: requires NAT which is disabled ERROR: Command /sbin/iptables -A FORWARD -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT Failed I used make oldconfig carefully

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel upgrade broke NAT

On (22/02/08 06:37) Grant wrote: I upgraded my router's kernel from linux-2.6.18-hardened-r6 to linux-2.6.23-hardened-r7 and now I get errors when starting the firewall: requires NAT which is disabled ERROR: Command /sbin/iptables -A FORWARD -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel upgrade broke NAT

I upgraded my router's kernel from linux-2.6.18-hardened-r6 to linux-2.6.23-hardened-r7 and now I get errors when starting the firewall: requires NAT which is disabled ERROR: Command /sbin/iptables -A FORWARD -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT Failed I

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel upgrade broke NAT

On Friday 22 February 2008, Grant wrote:  Too bad that 'oldconfig' isn't always working :-( Is there a better way to update the config for a new kernel? Not really. You are dealing with a complex system of configuration settings that react in mysterious ways. AND that seeing as this is a

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel upgrade, no sound.

Peter Alfredsen wrote: If you post the output of this command: lspci -s 01:0a.0 -n We will have the PCI id to search for. Might make it easier to find bug reports. The output of this command: dmesg|egrep -i -A3 (alsa|sound) Should give us an idea of whether your kernel actually detects

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel upgrade, no sound.

On Friday 15 June 2007, Dale wrote: Well, you won't believe this but I rebooted into the newer kernel to get the info for you, now it works fine.  O_O  I have sound when I change desktops, it plays a CD fine, it seems to be working now. That's so great. I couldn't find any reason why it would

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel upgrade, no sound.

On Thursday 14 June 2007, Dale wrote: Hi, I upgraded my kernel the other day and now I have no sound at all. I have checked Alsamixer and Kmix to make sure it is not muted and it appears to be turned up there. This is lspci: 01:0a.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live!

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel upgrade, no sound.

Alan McKinnon wrote: On Thursday 14 June 2007, Dale wrote: Hi, I upgraded my kernel the other day and now I have no sound at all. I have checked Alsamixer and Kmix to make sure it is not muted and it appears to be turned up there. This is lspci: 01:0a.0 Multimedia audio

Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel upgrade, no sound.

On Thursday 14 June 2007, Dale wrote: Thanks for the info but I build everything in the kernel. I never liked modules. I suspect that something did change about the kernel though. I may just stick with the older kernel for now and try another version later. Still open to ideas though. If

[gentoo-user] Kernel upgrade, no sound.

Hi, I upgraded my kernel the other day and now I have no sound at all. I have checked Alsamixer and Kmix to make sure it is not muted and it appears to be turned up there. This is lspci: 01:0a.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev 0a) I have this built into my

[gentoo-user] kernel upgrade and vesafb-tng issue.

hello, here's something weird i ran into after upgrading my kernel from 2.6.18-r6 to 2.6.19-r5. now if i compile the kernel with framebuffer enabled with vesafb-tng support and set the resolution to anything other than [EMAIL PROTECTED] in grub, i get this error upon booting. Block device

[gentoo-user] kernel upgrade

hello, im trying to upgrade my kernel to 2.6.10. I'm using vidalinux with genkernel. i followed a guide http://forums.vidalinux.com/viewtopic.php?t=2690highlight=kernel +upgrade+2+6+10 but after reboot i get 'Error 15: File not found after kernel grub selection. Also a get error stating that

Re: [gentoo-user] kernel upgrade

Jose Moreira wrote: hello, im trying to upgrade my kernel to 2.6.10. I'm using vidalinux with genkernel. i followed a guide http://forums.vidalinux.com/viewtopic.php?t=2690highlight=kernel +upgrade+2+6+10 but after reboot i get 'Error 15: File not found after kernel grub selection. Also a get

Re: [gentoo-user] kernel upgrade

On 4/16/05, Jose Moreira [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i joined gentoo-users because vidalinux is gentoo-based. if i did rong tell me and i'll leave, no prob. It's not wrong, but you're the first person I've seen ask about videlinux here. I hadn't even heard of it. Christoph's comment seems about

Re: [gentoo-user] kernel upgrade

On 4/16/05, Jose Moreira [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ive tried updating the fstab from ext2 to reiserfs but then it doesnt boot :| Jose, Sorry but I didn't keep the original message. I think the problem Christoph was seeing was that you had something like: /dev/BOOT / ext3. /dev/HOME