I broke my kernel [SOLVED]

heleos · 2009-03-10 20:41:04

I did a pacman upgrade this afternoon, while transfering some files to my GPS. Pacman upgraded to the newest kernel, but it hung during the "parsing [autodetect]" section (my trasnfer also hung). I figured that was bad, and when I restarted I was correct. I cannot boot into my kernel or fallback. It was a very long error, but it happened during the mounting fileysystems step of boot. I have a working windows partition on this computer, so I'm wondering what's the best way to fix it?

Last edited by heleos (2009-03-10 21:30:35)

EVRAMP · 2009-03-10 20:51:05

Follow this wiki page: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Kernel_Panics
Everytime i make something bad with kernel, this helps me

Edit: You don't have to use Arch CD for this, you can do the same from whatever LiveCD you like.

Last edited by EVRAMP (2009-03-10 20:52:14)

Lone_Wolf · 2009-03-10 20:51:47

Check Wiki on Kernel Panics .

Sidenote :
it's a lot easier to troubleshoot windows using linux.
However, in case your linux partitions are ext2/ext3 you can try this :
On this site there is a windows driver for ext2 filesystem.
(ext3 partitions can be mounted as ext2, although you loose the journalling capabilities) .

haxit · 2009-03-10 20:53:08

First of all, DONT PANIC! My kernel failed on me two or three days ago, I followed that guide and it fixed, like a charm.

heleos · 2009-03-10 20:55:35

I didn't even think to check the wiki for kernel panics... Good idea! Thanks all, I'll try it now

edit: posting this from my linux install! Thanks for the help!

Last edited by heleos (2009-03-10 21:30:25)

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I broke my kernel [SOLVED]

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