Re: Upgrading kernel on a system that won't boot

2009-02-12 Thread Michael Pobega
On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 08:50:19PM -0500, Dan Christensen wrote: > Michael Pobega writes: > > > On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 06:16:32PM -0500, Dan Christensen wrote: > > > >> Now one thing about my system is that mounting /usr will be a bit > >> awkward, since it is lvm over several raid 5 devices.

Re: Upgrading kernel on a system that won't boot

2009-02-12 Thread Dan Christensen
Michael Pobega writes: > On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 06:16:32PM -0500, Dan Christensen wrote: > >> Now one thing about my system is that mounting /usr will be a bit >> awkward, since it is lvm over several raid 5 devices. >> >> Can anyone think of a way to install a kernel .deb without having >> /

Re: Upgrading kernel on a system that won't boot

2009-02-12 Thread Michael Pobega
On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 06:16:32PM -0500, Dan Christensen wrote: > Michael Pobega writes: > > > What I would do is put a live system on a USB flash drive (System Rescue > > CD is what I usually use) and mount the unbootable hard drive from > > within the live system. At that point you could wget

Re: Upgrading kernel on a system that won't boot

2009-02-12 Thread Dan Christensen
Dan Christensen writes: > Michael Pobega writes: > >> What I would do is put a live system on a USB flash drive (System Rescue >> CD is what I usually use) and mount the unbootable hard drive from >> within the live system. At that point you could wget a kernel deb from >> http://ftp.uk.debian.o

Re: Upgrading kernel on a system that won't boot

2009-02-12 Thread Dan Christensen
Michael Pobega writes: > What I would do is put a live system on a USB flash drive (System Rescue > CD is what I usually use) and mount the unbootable hard drive from > within the live system. At that point you could wget a kernel deb from > http://ftp.uk.debian.org onto your old mounted hard dri

Re: Upgrading kernel on a system that won't boot

2009-02-12 Thread Michael Pobega
On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 10:39:18PM -0500, Dan Christensen wrote: > I have a system running etch. I believe it has this kernel installed: > > linux-image-2.6.18-5-k7 2.6.18.dfsg.1-13etch2 > > The motherboard failed a few days ago, and I've just got a new > motherboard and cpu. However, the m

Re: Upgrading kernel on a system that won't boot

2009-02-12 Thread Dan Christensen
Ron Johnson writes: > On 02/11/2009 09:39 PM, Dan Christensen wrote: >> I have a system running etch. I believe it has this kernel installed: >> >> linux-image-2.6.18-5-k7 2.6.18.dfsg.1-13etch2 >> >> The motherboard failed a few days ago, and I've just got a new >> motherboard and cpu. Howe

Re: Upgrading kernel on a system that won't boot

2009-02-12 Thread Ron Johnson
On 02/11/2009 09:39 PM, Dan Christensen wrote: I have a system running etch. I believe it has this kernel installed: linux-image-2.6.18-5-k7 2.6.18.dfsg.1-13etch2 The motherboard failed a few days ago, and I've just got a new motherboard and cpu. However, the machine won't boot. The new

Upgrading kernel on a system that won't boot

2009-02-11 Thread Dan Christensen
I have a system running etch. I believe it has this kernel installed: linux-image-2.6.18-5-k7 2.6.18.dfsg.1-13etch2 The motherboard failed a few days ago, and I've just got a new motherboard and cpu. However, the machine won't boot. The new cpu is a Core2Duo, but even though the kernel is