Package: linux-image-2.6.15-1-686-smp Version: 2.6.15-6 Severity: grave Having got the usual message about upgrading to the same kernel version and having to reboot, I did so, and got this:
ALERT! /dev/hda1 does not exist. Dropping to a shell! >From the shell it dropped me into, I was able to determine that a device node /dev/hda1 did in fact exist, and I could mount it. I then spent some time working out how to get it to boot. Only after I had succeeded, reading the initrd scripts at leisure, did I find (and subsequently confirm) that simply quitting out of the shell would let it continue where it left off and boot as normal. So why is the device absent one moment and present the next? Please tell me it's not doing something braindead like populating /dev in the background and not waiting for it to finish... -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-1-686-smp Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.15-1-686-smp depends on: ii initramfs-tools [linux-initra 0.51 tools for generating an initramfs ii module-init-tools 3.2.2-2 tools for managing Linux kernel mo Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.15-1-686-smp recommends: pn libc6-i686 <none> (no description available) -- debconf information: linux-image-2.6.15-1-686-smp/preinst/elilo-initrd-2.6.15-1-686-smp: true linux-image-2.6.15-1-686-smp/postinst/create-kimage-link-2.6.15-1-686-smp: true linux-image-2.6.15-1-686-smp/postinst/bootloader-test-error-2.6.15-1-686-smp: linux-image-2.6.15-1-686-smp/prerm/would-invalidate-boot-loader-2.6.15-1-686-smp: true linux-image-2.6.15-1-686-smp/postinst/depmod-error-initrd-2.6.15-1-686-smp: false linux-image-2.6.15-1-686-smp/postinst/old-dir-initrd-link-2.6.15-1-686-smp: true linux-image-2.6.15-1-686-smp/preinst/lilo-initrd-2.6.15-1-686-smp: true linux-image-2.6.15-1-686-smp/postinst/old-system-map-link-2.6.15-1-686-smp: true linux-image-2.6.15-1-686-smp/postinst/old-initrd-link-2.6.15-1-686-smp: true linux-image-2.6.15-1-686-smp/preinst/overwriting-modules-2.6.15-1-686-smp: true linux-image-2.6.15-1-686-smp/prerm/removing-running-kernel-2.6.15-1-686-smp: true linux-image-2.6.15-1-686-smp/postinst/kimage-is-a-directory: linux-image-2.6.15-1-686-smp/preinst/lilo-has-ramdisk: linux-image-2.6.15-1-686-smp/preinst/failed-to-move-modules-2.6.15-1-686-smp: * linux-image-2.6.15-1-686-smp/preinst/already-running-this-2.6.15-1-686-smp: linux-image-2.6.15-1-686-smp/preinst/abort-overwrite-2.6.15-1-686-smp: linux-image-2.6.15-1-686-smp/preinst/abort-install-2.6.15-1-686-smp: linux-image-2.6.15-1-686-smp/postinst/bootloader-error-2.6.15-1-686-smp: linux-image-2.6.15-1-686-smp/preinst/initrd-2.6.15-1-686-smp: linux-image-2.6.15-1-686-smp/preinst/bootloader-initrd-2.6.15-1-686-smp: true linux-image-2.6.15-1-686-smp/postinst/depmod-error-2.6.15-1-686-smp: false -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]