Hi,
my arch linux stopped booting after I did a pacman -Syu. I've been trying stuff out for days to get it working again but with no success :/ . I'm getting really bored with this, and I think it might be time to wipe out arch and install something more stable like debian testing again. But ofcourse I'd love to just get this problem solved and get going with arch again. If anyone wants to try helping me out, I included some of my info here.
Here's my info:
I have 2 partitions (+1 swap)
/dev/hdb1 which is /boot --> ext2
and /dev/hdb3 which is / --> ext3
lines before with error:
Code:
Suspend2 Core.
Suspend2 Compression Driver loading.
Suspend2 Encryption Driver loading.
Suspend2 Swap Writer loading.
Suspend2 FileWriter loading.
ACPI wakeup devices:
PCI0 USB0 USB1 USB2 USB6 USB7 USB8 USB9 LAN0 MC97 UAR1 ECP1
ACPI: (supports S0 S1 S4 S5)
Freeing unused kernel memory: 196k freed
Failed to execute /init
Kernel panic - not syncing: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel.
The vesa framebuffer starts at boot now, but before I upgraded I never had the framebuffer starting.
To add some more info, this is my menu.lst:
# (0) Arch Linux
title Arch Linux hdb3 [/boot/vmlinuz26archck]
root (hd1,0)
kernel /vmlinuz26archck root=/dev/hdb3 ro
initrd /initramfs-2.6.15-archck.img
# (0) Arch Linux
title Arch Linux hdb3 [/boot/vmlinuz26]
root (hd1,0)
kernel /vmlinuz26 root=/dev/hdb3 ro
initrd /initrd26.img
# (0) Arch Linux
title Arch Linux hdb3 [/boot/vmlinuz26archck]
root (hd1,0)
kernel /vmlinuz26archck root=/dev/hdb3 ro
initrd /initramfs-full.img
I usually used the upper one, the others I added to try getting the system to boot but those won't work either. I always get a problem where it can't find root.
I also have 2.4 kernel installed now, and that one boots.
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In DSL these are the modules needed for my computer, lsmod:
Module Size Used by Not tainted
ext3 64388 2 (autoclean)
jbd 46804 2 (autoclean) [ext3]
nls_iso8859-1 2844 0 (autoclean)
mousedev 3832 0 (unused)
hid 22788 0 (unused)
input 3168 0 [mousedev hid]
af_packet 13608 0 (autoclean)
via82cxxx_audio 20888 1
ac97_codec 12140 0 [via82cxxx_audio]
uart401 6052 0 [via82cxxx_audio]
sound 55276 0 [via82cxxx_audio uart401]
soundcore 3428 4 [via82cxxx_audio sound]
via-rhine 12368 1
mii 2240 0 [via-rhine]
crc32 2816 0 [via-rhine]
serial 52228 0 (autoclean)
ieee1394 183300 0
pcmcia_core 39840 0
ide-cd 28768 0
rtc 7036 0 (autoclean)
cloop 39204 2
usb-storage 61952 0 (unused)
ehci-hcd 16456 0 (unused)
usb-uhci 21516 0 (unused)
usbcore 58016 1 [hid usb-storage ehci-hcd usb-uhci]
ide-scsi 9040 0
via82cxxx is my chipset driver
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My fstab:
#
# /etc/fstab: static file system information
#
# <file system> <dir> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
none /dev/pts devpts defaults 0 0
none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
tmpfs /tmp tmpfs defaults 0 0
usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs defaults 0 0
/dev/hdc /mnt/cdrw iso9660 ro,users,auto,unhide 0 0
/dev/hdd /mnt/cd iso9660 ro,users,auto
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy vfat users,auto 0
0
/dev/hdb3 / ext3 defaults 0 1
/dev/hdb1 /boot ext2 defaults 0 1
/dev/hdb2 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1 ext3 defaults 0 1
/dev/sda1 /mnt/usb1 vfat auto,users,rw 0 0
