Hoary (PPC): ramdisk load failed! initrd.img:no such file or directory, after daily update

[Maximilian Gerlach]

Hi Steve, got this problem on my powerbook too. 
I repaired it this way:
I booted into the warty install cd. There, I clicked enter until the
partitioning window appeared. There, I hesitated for not deleting all my
partitions :) I then clicked on ' Go Back' (or something like that)
which brought me to the main screen. Here's a point called 'Execute a
shell'. Select this one. Now, inside the ASH shell, type the follwing
commands:
   mkdir /mnt	
   mount /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part5 /mnt
(Linux is installed on /dev/hda5 on my powerbook. Change this if
appropriate)
   ln -s /mnt/boot/initrd.img-2.6.8.1-3-powerpc /mnt/boot/initrd.img
   umount /mnt
   reboot
Now, you should be able to boot into hoary again. Hope it works and I
could help you.

Good evening,
Maxi


Am Sonntag, den 28.11.2004, 20:05 -0800 schrieb Steve Calvin:
> > I don't know what was update last, but it was November 26th using 
> > synaptic. Now when I boot my iMac ramdisk load fails as above and goes 
> > into open firmware. Help with troubleshooting appreciated.
> >
> > steve
> >
> 
>