Re: upgrade->dead system, help.

2003-11-03 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Nov 03, 2003 at 10:12:50AM +0100, wsa wrote: > Also i'm still wondering what this > linux-kernel-headers_2.5.999-test7-bk-6_i386.deb > "linux-kernel-headers - Linux Kernel Headers for development" > is doing on my system. > Is this package at all related to the 2.5.x kernels?(since > i don'

Re: upgrade->dead system, help.

2003-11-03 Thread wsa
Hiya, Well, as mysterious as this whole thing started it also ended. Today i did an update which updated the following packages on my system binutils_2.14.90.0.7-1_i386.deb debconf-i18n_1.3.20_all.deb debconf_1.3.20_all.deb fakeroot_0.8.1_i386.deb fontconfig_2.2.1-9_i386.deb libc6-dev_2.3.2.ds1-9_

Re: upgrade->dead system, help.

2003-11-02 Thread Stephen J. Thompson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello all, I am encountering this problem as well. I have been able to narrow it down to the kernel itself. If I use a debian standard kernel (2.4.22 or 2.6.0-test9) it boots fine. if I use a kernel I compiled myself (This kernel worked fine before

Re: upgrade->dead system, help.

2003-11-02 Thread wsa
Hmmm...interesting...i was starting to think it was all my doing while all i really did was the usual update. Sofar i haven't been able to figure it out..at all. I've made a completely new 2.4.22 kernel, and the exact same thing happened, freeze after the INIT: version 2.85 booting message. None

Re: upgrade->dead system, help.

2003-11-02 Thread César
Last friday I had the same exact problem. I'll tell you if I guess a solution. Cesar - wil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, Sorry I have very little info on this...no logs or anything:( Running SID, with a custom 2.4.22 kernel, ext3 file system. HD was checked

Re: upgrade->dead system, help.

2003-11-01 Thread wil
Hi, Backing up is always a wise thing, won't argue there:) But i didn't do anything drastic, as i mentioned in another reply this kernel has been running stable for weeks/months. I didn't change a thing except for running a dselect update and letting it install the packages which needed updating.

Re: upgrade->dead system, help.

2003-11-01 Thread wil
Hiya, Thanks for the tip but I wonder if it is the kernel, this kernel has been running stable for weeks...why would it suddenly crap out after an upgrade/install of some new/updated packages. A bit more on the 2.4.18, as i mentioned that one does go through the complete boot but it couldn't get t

Re: upgrade->dead system, help.

2003-11-01 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
wil wrote: Hi, Sorry I have very little info on this...no logs or anything:( Running SID, with a custom 2.4.22 kernel, ext3 file system. HD was checked with the diagnostic utility from IBM, including surface (advanced) check and was fine. Did an update via dselect yesterday and after that the wh

Re: upgrade->dead system, help.

2003-11-01 Thread kmark+debian
On Sat, 1 Nov 2003, wil wrote: > Hi, > > Sorry I have very little info on this...no logs or anything:( > > Running SID, with a custom 2.4.22 kernel, ext3 file system. > HD was checked with the diagnostic utility from IBM, including > surface (advanced) check and was fine. > > Did an update via d

upgrade->dead system, help.

2003-11-01 Thread wil
Hi, Sorry I have very little info on this...no logs or anything:( Running SID, with a custom 2.4.22 kernel, ext3 file system. HD was checked with the diagnostic utility from IBM, including surface (advanced) check and was fine. Did an update via dselect yesterday and after that the whole system