[SOLVED] Boot hangs after creating a new /boot partition and upgrading to Intrepid

[bela83]

OK, I'm so glad you help me ! This "chroot" thing is just amazing. In fact, correct me if I'm wrong, it's as if I were in my system at the command-line ?
I did what you suggested and here's the answer

root@Knoppix:/# apt-get install linux-headers-2.6.24-21-generic linux-image-2.6.24-21-generic linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-21-generic linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-21-generic
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package linux-headers-2.6.24-21-generic is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package linux-headers-2.6.24-21-generic has no installation candidate

Did I forget to say I had played with my /etc/apt/sources.list ? But I'm surprised though, cause I thought I had put things back in order...

[bela83]

root@Knoppix:/# apt-get update
Hit http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid Release.gpg
Hit http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates Release.gpg
Hit http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-security Release.gpg
Hit http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-proposed Release.gpg
Hit http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid Release
Hit http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates Release
Hit http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-security Release
Hit http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-proposed Release
Hit http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages
Hit http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/restricted Packages
Hit http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe Packages
Hit http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/multiverse Packages
Hit http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/main Packages
Hit http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/restricted Packages
Hit http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/universe Packages
Hit http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/multiverse Packages
Hit http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/main Packages
Hit http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/restricted Packages
Hit http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/universe Packages
Hit http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/multiverse Packages
Hit http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-proposed/main Packages
Hit http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-proposed/restricted Packages
Hit http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-proposed/universe Packages
Hit http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-proposed/multiverse Packages
Reading package lists... Done

[bela83]

Should I revert my repos to hardy to ensure I can install this old kernel ?
Edit : I'm trying !

[caljohnsmith]

Yes, you could revert your sources.list (repos) back to Hardy, and I think that would solve the problem of installing those kernel packages. But I'm wondering if that 2.6.24-21 kernel is not available in Intrepid for a good reason; I don't know at this point. Another option is to download those 4 kernel packages from packages.ubuntu.com, and then install them with "dpkg -i <packages>.deb" instead of going through the repos. Let me know if you need more specifics, but that's the general idea.

[bela83]

It works !! I mean the old kernel works so I'm back on my machine. So it's partly solved cause there's this new kernel 2.6.27 still not working...
But thanks anyway ! Do a "apt-get install" through a "chroot" is so... new to me ! And instructive of course

[caljohnsmith]

That's great news the old kernel works for you. And I agree, that "chroot" trick can really come in handy, because if you set up the environment right first by mounting some of the system directories (/dev, /proc, etc), then chrooting into your Ubuntu partition is basically like booting into it.

And just for my own information, after you ran the "update-grub" after post #5, how accurate was your menu.lst? Did it get the kernel/initrd lines right about not having the /boot directory in front of them? Were there any other problems? And did the update-grub make a "uuid" line rather than the "root (hd0,0)" line? It would help me to know since I'm not yet running the Intrepid version of Grub.

[bela83]

And just for my own information, after you ran the "update-grub" after post #5, how accurate was your menu.lst?

Quite good !

Did it get the kernel/initrd lines right about not having the /boot directory in front of them?

Yes there was no /boot in front of them.

Were there any other problems? And did the update-grub make a "uuid" line rather than the "root (hd0,0)" line?

No it made the "root (hd0,0)" line, just like before. Grub is supposed to adopt the uuid too ?

It would help me to know since I'm not yet running the Intrepid version of Grub.

Glad I can help back !