Carlos E. R. wrote:
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The Monday 2006-11-27 at 01:09 +1100, Basil Chupin wrote:
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For example, after booting using the 10.1 Installation DVD uname -a shows that
the kernel is 2.6.16.13-4 but the kernel now actually in place is
2.6.16.21-0.25 and, of course, initrd etc also have this same (latter) number.
It took a "few" minutes to work out why you said that not using any parameters
with the mkinitrd command will create a default image which will match the
current kernel - in this case being the old ...16.13-4 kernel which is not
what I need.
Did you try that, or is it a guess? :-?
If it is a guess, as I think, then try it and don't waste more time :-p
If you get an initrd for the old version then I'll tell you how to
solve that. But I don't think you will.
[pruned]
Well, I ran mkinitrd (with specifying the latest kernel by its full
number) and created a new initrd to match which was slightly larger than
the 'old' one and this showed that the 'old' one was corrupted.
However, this has not helped at all :-( . When booting, the error
message 18 still comes up :-( . So the problem appears to be elsewhere
and possibly in more than one location.
I ran the Repair System from the Installation CD/DVD and it keeps
crashing always at the same spot but it doesn't show what the error is!
(what a great repair system- it not only doesn't repair but is doesn't
even show what the error is :-) ).
The Repair System module goes thru and finds that all partitions are
there as specified, the root etc are all OK, the file systems are OK and
then it gets to the point of Check Package Database - Searching for
package database and is executing-
/usr/bin/test -f /mnt/var/lib/rpm/Triggername
when it quietly crashes, simply shows "Error encountered" (or something
like this) "OK" -- and waits for you to click on the OK after which you
have a choice of doing all sorts of things including chucking the
computer out of the window.
To save time in booting from the Installation DVD I thought I would
create a boot CD but it doesn't seem to be doing what I think it should
be doing. I posted a question about this last night and now await an
answer. I'll use the boot CD while trying to figure out what is causing
my present problem with grub. Fortunately at the moment I don't need to
boot into Windows but unless I get this grub going - or find another way
to boot into Windows - I am going to be in a pickle when I do have to
boot into XP.
Cheers.
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with sense,
reason and intellect has intended us to forgo their use."
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