serious f#ck-up

anadyr · 2006-03-09 14:47:46

hey people,

I am in deep trouble. I tried to update my kernel a bit, and now it doesnt want to boot at all anymore.

I think I do not have ext3 support in my kernel (the hds are partitioned that way). Anyways, it gave an obscure error after the kernelbooting. I could only mount the HD read only to fix te problem.
Anyways, I tried alot, but nothing happened, and now I get an error at bootup saying: no boot signature at partition.

I have access to the hd through the archlinux install cd.

I am (or are supposed to) running lilo. kernel version, dont even know because I changed backups all the time.
What do I do?

anadyr · 2006-03-09 15:10:06

So through the archlinux original cd I mount -t ext3 two partitions:
/
/boot (which is a special one for booting)
and then I do a
lilo -M /dev/discs/disc0/disc mbr
but that doesnt make a difference.

I am working on this the whole day already...

torindan2 · 2006-03-09 15:27:04

Try to install or simply untar kernel package from install cd into / (i think)
Modify you lilo.conf
Run lilo

...and hope it will work.

anadyr · 2006-03-09 15:43:39

wow, I reinstalled the kernel and the bootloader from the archlinux cd and now I can boot again!

_Gandalf_ · 2006-03-09 15:45:51

Glad it worked, but please Change the topic title to SOLVED, everytime i read whole topic to find out that it was solved...
Thx

dtw · 2006-03-09 15:55:00

Skip to the end first then, maybe? You may even have something better to offer - ignoring topics marked as solved isn't always the best thing I think but I know what you mean...

_Gandalf_ · 2006-03-09 15:59:12

Yea i do skip sometimes to the end, but i donno why i always start at post 1
i do read topics marked as solved but that's when almost all topic are already solved

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#1 2006-03-09 14:47:46

serious f#ck-up

#2 2006-03-09 15:10:06

Re: serious f#ck-up

#3 2006-03-09 15:27:04

Re: serious f#ck-up

#4 2006-03-09 15:43:39

Re: serious f#ck-up

#5 2006-03-09 15:45:51

Re: serious f#ck-up

#6 2006-03-09 15:55:00

Re: serious f#ck-up

#7 2006-03-09 15:59:12

Re: serious f#ck-up

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