[arch-general] [signoff] kernel26 2.6.35.8-1 (BUG - x86_64 Fails to Boot - see closed bug 20918)

[Tobias Powalowski]

Am Montag 01 November 2010 schrieb David C. Rankin:
> On 10/31/2010 04:32 PM, Thomas Bächler wrote:
> > Am 31.10.2010 22:00, schrieb David C. Rankin:
> >> > 	Updated an x86_64 box to 2.6.35.8-1 and the boot hangs at the very
> >> > 	start with
> >> > 
> >> > the following error:
> >> > 
> >> > Booting 'Arch Linux on Archangel'
> >> > 
> >> > root (hd1,5)
> >> > 
> >> >   Filesystem type is ext2fs, Partition type 0x83
> >> > 
> >> > Kernel /vmlinuz26 root=/dev/mapper/nvidia_baacca_jap5 ro vga=794
> >> > 
> >> > Error 24: Attempt to access block outside partition
> >> > 
> >> > Press any key to continue...
> > 
> > That's a grub error and has no relation to any kernel update.
> 
> I know that, but it has something to do with the kernel and/or dmraid
> because LTS boot just fine with the same menu.lst and kernel
> kernel26-2.6.35.7-1 boot just fine with the same menu.lst, but upgrading
> to 2.6.35.8-1 kills the box. While:
> 
> pacman -U kernel26-2.6.35.7-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz
> kernel26-headers-2.6.35.7-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz
> 
> fixes it.
> 
> I know it looks like grub, but all kernels except 2.6.35.8-1 work??
Well i'm not sure what error 24 is, but dmraid can be really complicated.
I would recommend you write the dmraid authors from fedora, i'm sure it's a 
grub vs. dmraid issue which we cannot solve.

greetings
tpowa

-- 
Tobias Powalowski
Archlinux Developer & Package Maintainer (tpowa)
http://www.archlinux.org
tpowa at archlinux.org
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