On Sat, 8 Sep 2007, Andreas Vetter wrote: > Hi, > > I updated a x86_64 machine from beta1 to beta3. After the packages were > installed I found the machine in a reboot loop. The grub boot loader was > not working any longer. So I tried Repair System. The automatic one > obviously deleted Windows from menu.lst. Then it threw an error about not > being able to access /dev/fd/62. A second try with this one left me with a > single entry for linux (i.e. failsafe and xen were gone, too).
This seems to be the problem reported by Rajko on this list earlier with subject: [opensuse-factory] openSUSE 10.3, kernel update 2.6.22.5-12 doesn't create initrd The online update repo was enabled during the update. This might explain it. > So I tried the Expert option Repair Boot Loader. It recreated the default > and failsafe entries in menu.lst, but was not able to create initrd. the > script complained about not being able to access /dev/sda6 which is the > root / partition of my system (xfs containing /boot, too). > > After that wreckage I decided to try a new installation of beta3. So I > have no logs for the above problems. > > Has anybody similar behaviour? > > Regards, > Andreas > -- Andreas Vetter Fakultaet fuer Physik und Astronomie Universitaet Wuerzburg --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
