kernel update, can't boot

[Vincenzo Di Massa]

Alle 06:12, giovedì 10 marzo 2005, Pete Shinners ha scritto:
> Tonight I updated my Hoary system to the new kernel that was supplied, a
> 2.6.10-4. Now my Ubuntu cannot boot. I get an error at early boot about
> pivot_root failing. Something about no such file or directory.
>
> Now I'm booted into windows to try sending a plea for help. Is there any
> way I can get this working? If not I guess I'll grab a fresh "preview iso"
> once they are ready.

I had a similar problem that I got solved just booting the system with all the 
cd drivers opened.
I know this solution sounds like a joke, but it worked for me.

If it does not work, just use a recovery cd (knoppix, mandrake boot cd - type 
rescue at the boot prompt- , or maybe ubuntu boot cd. They should let you 
mount your root partition and chroot to it:
# mount /dev/<part> /mnt/rtdisk
# chroot /mnt/rtdisk
# mount /proc
(optional) # mount /boot
# dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-2.6.10-4...
# update-grub

Then you can reboot.
I hope this helps!

Vincenzo.