FS#5890 - Kernel Panic after a 'pacman -Syu'

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Catalin (CatalinuX-) - Saturday, 25 November 2006, 06:41 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Current
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture not specified
Severity Critical
Priority Normal
Reported Version 0.7.2 Gimmick
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

I installed archlinux yesterday (just the base system!), set my repositories to current, extra and community only, and then did a pacman -Syu to upgrade my whole system. It all works nice, till I reboot. I get a [kernel panic - cannot mount root filesystem] error and it just hangs there.
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Closed by  Jan de Groot (JGC)
Saturday, 25 November 2006, 16:00 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Comment by David Baylis (castro) - Saturday, 25 November 2006, 10:10 GMT
Are you using lilo or grub?

If you are using lilo, I think you hav to run lilo before rebooting.

If you can get hold of a Live Linux CD, Knoppix etc.
I should help you to fix it.
Comment by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Saturday, 25 November 2006, 11:48 GMT
What about kernel26.img and initrd26.img? This has been changed between the current packages and the 0.7.2 installation CD. The kernel package printed something about the change and if you didn't update grub or lilo config, the wrong initrd is loaded.
Comment by Catalin (CatalinuX-) - Saturday, 25 November 2006, 15:46 GMT
Yeah, I had to change grub's conf to point to kernel26.img instead of initrd.img. Now it works fine.

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