Anyone know much about Grub? It sounds like the problem is somewhere between grub and initrd. On Sunday 16 September 2007 1:32:47 pm Fred H Olson wrote: > On Sat, 15 Sep 2007, Jeremy wrote: > > Have you rebooted since the installfest? > > Oh yes, I turn my computer off most nights. > > > A couple things I've seen before: > > 1) If you make changes to the kernel, or recompile it, there can be > > problems with updates via packaging systems. > > 2) If you wait too long to reboot after an upgrade, especially if there > > are multiple kernel upgrades in the meantime, you can have kernel images > > that don't boot. > > > > As Eric suggested, booting with an older kernel is a good test. > > Otherwise, try a rescue disk and verify that you can access the files. > > If the files really aren't there, then you might need to check the SMART > > data for the drive. > > I tried several old kernels and they all fail the same way - see Fri 9/14 > list message for messages displayed about errors mounting /root/dev , > /sys and /proc. > > Using the live cd's /proc/partitions I mounted the ones that I concluded > were / , /home and /boot successfully. I looked around and they look fine. > So the disk looks ok. > > FRed > > -- > Fred H. Olson Minneapolis,MN 55411 USA (near north Mpls) > Communications for Justice -- Free, superior listserv's w/o ads: > http://justcomm.org My Link Pg: http://fholson.cohousing.org > 612-588-9532 (7am-10pm CST/CDT) Email: fholson at cohousing.org