[arch-general] new kernel 2.6.27 or 2.6.28

[Flavio Costa]

Some of the steps described
here<http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Reinstalling_GRUB>might help
you to set your chroot enviroment.

On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 3:24 AM, Anton Achatz <aachatz at gmail.com> wrote:

> yes, my /boot is on a separate partition (sda2)
>
> pacman didn't spit out any problems or errors
>
> so i will try to do what you suggest. to boot from an external medium
> should be no problem.
> the next steps i have to 'google'. My /boot partition is sda6 and my
> /root is on sda6 so i have to
>
> chroot /dev/sda6
>
> and then
>
> mkinitcpio   ???
>
>
> I will see (hope so).
>
> Thank you very much.
>
> Toni
>
> 2009/1/19 kludge <drkludge at rat-patrol.org>:
> > Anton Achatz wrote:
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> i have a problem after updating to kernel 2.6.27 or 2.6.28. After
> >> updating the kernel i am not able to boot the system. The system
> >> doesn' t recognize the boot harddisk sda6. the recommendation to set
> >> bootdelay = 8 doesnt help. Does someone know what to do.
> >>
> >> greetings
> >> Toni
> >
> > is you /boot on a separate partition by an chance?
> >
> > did pacman spit out any errors during the upgrade? particularly
> >
> > at a guess, your initcpio didn't get rebuilt, or got rebuilt improperly.
> >  try booting from an external medium, chroot into your system, and
> > mkinitcpio.
> >
> > -kludge
> >
> >
>



-- 
Flávio Coutinho da Costa
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