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Skarjoko

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Registered: 2006-05-01

Posts: 29

Mkinitcpio

So I did a fresh install of Arch just now (7.1 from the CD), and I proceeded to upgrading the system. I took note of a little thing it said after the mkinitcpio upgrade, which said "change the initrd26.img to kernel26.img in your bootloader...". After I restarted, I forgot to change the line in my menu.lst, and it went into a kernel panic. So I restarted again, went into grub, changed the line to kernel26.img, and I still get a kernel panic.

What's wrong?

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twiistedkaos

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Registered: 2006-05-20

Posts: 666

Re: Mkinitcpio

try changing the boot image to kernel26-fallback.img that'll load all modules, once you get into linux, go to rc.conf and set autodetect to true. Reboot with kernel26.img and see if that works.

msid

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Registered: 2006-09-25

Posts: 8

Re: Mkinitcpio

Just a wild guess. Try using kernel26-fallback.img to boot the system, then adjust /etc/mkinitcpio.conf to your needs, run mkinitcpio -g /boot/kernel26.img and reboot.

Skarjoko

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Registered: 2006-05-01

Posts: 29

Re: Mkinitcpio

Ah thanks, I finally got in. For autodetect, do you mean the "MOD AUTOLOAD" line? If so, thats already set to "yes".

Also, should I change the line in my menu.lst to kernel26-fallback.img or kernel26.img?

EDIT: Sorry, didn't see your post there. Will try now.

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twiistedkaos

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Registered: 2006-05-20

Posts: 666

Re: Mkinitcpio

Ah thanks, I finally got in. For autodetect, do you mean the "MOD AUTOLOAD" line? If so, thats already set to "yes".

Also, should I change the line in my menu.lst to kernel26-fallback.img or kernel26.img?

EDIT: Sorry, didn't see your post there. Will try now.

Corrct, that is what I meant

Skarjoko

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Registered: 2006-05-01

Posts: 29

Re: Mkinitcpio

Ha, yes! It worked! Thank you!

Just one thing though...it took a while to boot up after I ran that mkinitcpio line and rebooted, with a repeating message that said "hda: dma expiry" or something. It will only happen for one time right?

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twiistedkaos

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Registered: 2006-05-20

Posts: 666

Re: Mkinitcpio

Ha, yes! It worked! Thank you!

Just one thing though...it took a while to boot up after I ran that mkinitcpio line and rebooted, with a repeating message that said "hda: dma expiry" or something. It will only happen for one time right?

No problem

I am not sure, with the new kernels most people are experiencing a ata2 problem(which may or may not be what you're talking about). I have it also, it takes m about 1min to get passed that. After that, everything in smooth. If you can't handle it, try downgrading to x.17 instead of x18. I don't rebot my computer too often so I don't notice it much.

Skarjoko

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Registered: 2006-05-01

Posts: 29

Re: Mkinitcpio

Alright, I guess I can always downgrade if need be.

Thanks for all the help guys! Now, all I need is a good WM...

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twiistedkaos

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Registered: 2006-05-20

Posts: 666

Re: Mkinitcpio

Alright, I guess I can always downgrade if need be.

Thanks for all the help guys! Now, all I need is a good WM...

Hehe the choices are almost endless, there's pleanty out there. I wish the best of luck to you in finding the one that suits you best. Personalyl I am messing with Xgl and Compiz at the moment. I am quit fond of openbox though, a great WM if you ask me.

yankees26

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From: Connecticut, USA

Registered: 2006-09-29

Posts: 190

Re: Mkinitcpio

OpenBox is high quality stuff.  And the problem that twistedchaos mentioned should/will hopefully be fixed soon because on linux kernel mailing list they came up with a patch.