Boot Problem after Crash

Tyler Aviss tjaviss-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org
Sat Mar 8 01:41:45 UTC 2008


Hmm. Could it be that the initrd is hosed. Perhaps if you tried
installing a new kernel package (or if you're feeling brave, roll your
own that doesn't need an initrd)?

Is there an older kernel/initrd that you could put in there and try to
boot from?

On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 5:30 PM, Tony Abou-Assaleh <taa-HInyCGIudOg at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Tyler Aviss wrote:
>   > GRUB or LILO?
>   >
>   > If you're using grub, can you boot CD and pass along your menu.lst or
>  grub.conf?
>   > If LILO, how about booting from CD and then re-running the LILO
>  installer?
>
>  Here is the item from my menu.lst from grub that I've been using:
>
>  title           Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.22-14-generic, UUID root
>  root            (hd0,0)
>  kernel          /vmlinuz-2.6.22-14-generic \
>                 root=UUID=28fd2317-9996-4c22-8e16-32e3e7c5c393 ro quiet splash
>  initrd          /initrd.img-2.6.22-14-generic
>  quiet
>  savedefault
>
>  Previously, it was:
>
>  title           Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.22-14-generic
>  root            (hd0,0)
>  kernel          /vmlinuz-2.6.22-14-generic \
>                 root=/dev/mapper/raid250-root  ro quiet splash
>  initrd          /initrd.img-2.6.22-14-generic
>  quiet
>  savedefault
>
>  Both give the same result. I added \ to indicate long lines, they're one
>  liners in the file.
>
>
>
>  Cheers,
>
>  TAA
>
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