ubuntu broken

[Wilhelm du Plessis]

Hello Thomas,

Wednesday, December 15, 2004, 6:26:00 PM, you wrote:

TB> On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 16:59:36 +0200, Wilhelm du Plessis
TB> <wilhelm at spheniscus.net> wrote:
>> Hello Thomas,
>> 
>> Wednesday, December 15, 2004, 12:40:59 PM, you wrote:
>> 
>> TB> On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 11:39:52 +0200, Wilhelm du Plessis
>> TB> <wilhelm at spheniscus.net> wrote:
>> >> Hello ,
>> >>
>> >> i have managed yet again to break my machine. only this time i don't
>> >> want to just reinstall :) put to much work into it, that i dont want to
>> >> repeat.
>> >>
>> >> this is the error that i get when i try to boot:
>> >>
>> >> "Kernel /boot/initrd.img-2.6.8.1-3-386
>> >> root = /dev/hda2 ro quiet splash
>> >>
>> >> initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.8.1-3-386
>> >>
>> >> Error 15: File not found"
>> >>
>> >> any ideas as to get the box going to try and replace the file ?
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Best regards,
>> >>  Wilhelm
>> >>
>> >> Register Linux user #346596
>> >>
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>> >>
>> 
>> TB> I dont know if there is an easier way to do this but one way i would
>> TB> try is this:
>> 
>> TB> Pleae note that these steps are from the gentoo handbook (the distro i
>> TB> used before uubuntu) so they may not work the same - but you might as
>> TB> well try...
>> 
>> TB> Load a linux live CD (the ubuntu live cd will do fine, alternatively
>> TB> knoppix etc)
>> TB> from a terminal:
>> 
>> TB> $:   mkdir /mnt/ubuntu
>> TB> $:   mount /dev/hdb1 /mnt/ubuntu
>> 
>> TB> (change /dev/hdb1 above to the location of your ubuntu partition)
>> 
>> TB> $:   chroot /mnt/ubuntu
>> TB> $:   env-update
>> TB> $:   source /etc/profile
>> 
>> TB> You will now be inside your ubuntu system so doing  cd / will take you
>> TB> to the root of your installed filesystem, not the live CD filesystem.
>> TB> env-update and source /etc/profile loads the environemtn variables
>> 
>> TB> from here you can work on your system as normal so the next step would
>> TB> be to reinstall the kernel.
>> 
>> TB> dpkg remove linux-image
>> TB> apt-get linux-image
>> 
>> TB> (the above 2 may not be right as i am at work on a win box so cant
>> TB> check - off the top of my head i think it is right, but the name of
>> TB> the kernel package might be wrong - anyone else correct me?)
>> TB> when the kernel is installed again it should have taken care of
>> TB> updating grub to load the correct image.
>> 
>> TB> I hope this helps, but im working from memory for soemthing i did once
>> TB> thatwas above mylevel then ( and probably still is) at least it might
>> TB> give yousome pointers...
>> 
>> TB> Tom
>> 
>> thanks,
>> 
>> i will give it a try, just have to get a copy of gnoppix :) should be
>> finished in the morning, then i will look and see what happens.
>> 
>> Wilhelm
>> 
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>> 

TB> Have you not got the CDs from ubuntu?, shame - they aer real smart and
TB> professional, the pack contains the Warty release and the current
TB> Ubuntu LiveCD. If you want a copy of the CD (or 10 - you can request
TB> as many as you like) go to:

TB> http://www.shipit.ubuntulinux.org/

TB> they dont charge ou at all and pay for the shipping etc. -it wont
TB> arrive before your gnoppix download but they do look nice and are
TB> great to dish out to friends and other people who might want to give
TB> linux a try

TB> Tom


i have order about 15 CD's but they haven't arrived yet, so i don't
know if they have sent them or they just gotten stolen/lost somewhere
on the way to my postbox :)

but gnopppix is almost down then i willhave a look and see what i can
do.

-- 
Best regards,
 Wilhelm