2008/2/29, Stephen Wilkinson <sw8511@xxxxxxxxx>: > Hello everyone, > > After upgrading the kernel alone (and after fixing some kernel panics > -- see postscript) the boot sequence now stops at loading the modules > ([DONE]) and goes no further: the cursor blinks and I can type > characters, but I never get a shell prompt. It seems the boot sequence > doesn't go beyond rc.sysinit . . . > P.S: in case it's relevant, here is a summary of the kernel panics I > got after upgrading the kernel and rebooting: > > After kernel upgrade I got kernel panics because I hadn't changed > initrd26.img to kernel26.img and /dev/hda5 to /dev/sda5 in Grub's > menu.lst (as you can see I hadn't upgraded for a long time, and didn't > pay enough attention to the upgrade messages). Having done that, I > then had to correct /etc/fstab for the same /dev/hda5 mistake. Finally > the kernel booted properly, but the sequence stops at loading modules. please indicate current and previous versions of kernel, udev, initscripts, mkinitcpio. -- Roman Kyrylych (Роман Кирилич)
