Arch Linux

Plexxxy

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Registered: 2006-07-31

Posts: 10

2.6.22 = unbootable pc

Here's the gist: ran pacman -Suy, updated arch with the latest kernel, now the thing wont boot. The kernel loads and does it's thing, then hangs when it gets to some usb stuff (something about usb-core.c) -- fallback image included. From a live cd, I can see that the old kernel package is still in the pacman cache. Would someone care to do me a favor and tell me how I can get that sucker installed again so arch with boot again?

Honestly, after 2 years of using linux, I've really lost my patience with this kind of crap.

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Re: 2.6.22 = unbootable pc

boot the livecd.
open up a command promp.

mkdir archbox
mount /dev/sda3 archbox
mount /dev/sda1 archbox/boot
mount -t proc proc archbox/proc
mount -t sysfs sys archbox/sys
mount -o bind /dev archbox/dev
chroot archbox /bin/bash
pacman -U /var/cache/pacman/pkg/<oldkernelfilename>.pkg.tar.gz
<wait for generation of initrd, etc>
exit
umount archbox/dev
umount archbox/sys
umount archbox/proc
umount archbox/boot
umount archbox

in the above, sda1 is the /boot partition, and sda3 is the / partition...

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Plexxxy

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Registered: 2006-07-31

Posts: 10

Re: 2.6.22 = unbootable pc

Thanks so much, that worked perfectly!

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