Debian I had destroyed grub

beginstart · 01-31-2024, 07:46 AM

It was my fault.

I am sorry.

I hope this is ok:
mv /boot/initrd.img-5.10.0-15-686-pae /boot/initrd.img-5.10.0-15-686-pae.old
update-initramfs -c -k 5.10.0-15-686-pae
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.10.0-15-686-pae

I did boot again.
panic

_blackhole_ · 01-31-2024, 08:47 AM

This one is tragic.

Boot to the 4.9 kernel. That is the one you can boot without panic, right?

The run all of the following:

Code:

# apt-get update
# apt-get upgrade
# apt-get dist-upgrade
# apt-get -f install
# apt-get dist-upgrade
# reboot

Try too boot from the 5.10 kernel again (select it from the grub menu).

If that doesn't do it, then wipe and reinstall.

colorpurple21859 · 01-31-2024, 08:40 PM

post the output of

Code:

ls /lib/modules

beginstart · 02-01-2024, 10:39 AM

Thank You for help.

$ ls /lib/modules
3.16.0-10-686-pae 4.9.0-12-686-pae 5.10.0-10-686-pae
3.16.0-4-686-pae 4.9.0-17-686-pae 5.10.0-13-686-pae
4.19.0-19-686-pae 4.9.0-18-686-pae 5.10.0-15-686-pae
$

Does this show the kernel?

I tried some times
update again,
but it didnt change the problem.

colorpurple21859 · 02-01-2024, 10:03 PM

run this and report any errors:

Code:

sudo apt install linux-image-5.10.0-27-686-pae

beginstart · 02-02-2024, 10:20 AM

Thank You.

This did happen:

Code:

 apt install linux-image-5.10.0-27-686-pae
Paketlisten werden gelesen… Fertig
Abhängigkeitsbaum wird aufgebaut… Fertig
Statusinformationen werden eingelesen… Fertig
Vorgeschlagene Pakete:
  linux-doc-5.10 debian-kernel-handbook
Die folgenden NEUEN Pakete werden installiert:
  linux-image-5.10.0-27-686-pae
0 aktualisiert, 1 neu installiert, 0 zu entfernen und 5 nicht aktualisiert.
Es müssen noch 0 B von 46,3 MB an Archiven heruntergeladen werden.
Nach dieser Operation werden 169 MB Plattenplatz zusätzlich benutzt.
Vormals nicht ausgewähltes Paket linux-image-5.10.0-27-686-pae wird gewählt.
(Lese Datenbank ... 157821 Dateien und Verzeichnisse sind derzeit installiert.)
Vorbereitung zum Entpacken von .../linux-image-5.10.0-27-686-pae_5.10.205-2_i386.deb ...
Entpacken von linux-image-5.10.0-27-686-pae (5.10.205-2) ...
linux-image-5.10.0-27-686-pae (5.10.205-2) wird eingerichtet ...
I: /vmlinuz.old is now a symlink to boot/vmlinuz-5.10.0-15-686-pae
I: /initrd.img.old is now a symlink to boot/initrd.img-5.10.0-15-686-pae
I: /vmlinuz is now a symlink to boot/vmlinuz-5.10.0-27-686-pae
I: /initrd.img is now a symlink to boot/initrd.img-5.10.0-27-686-pae
/etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools:
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.10.0-27-686-pae
/etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub:
Generating grub configuration file ...
Found background image: /usr/share/images/desktop-base/desktop-grub.png
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-5.10.0-27-686-pae
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-5.10.0-27-686-pae
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-5.10.0-15-686-pae
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-5.10.0-15-686-pae
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-5.10.0-13-686-pae
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-5.10.0-13-686-pae
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-4.9.0-18-686-pae
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-4.9.0-18-686-pae
Warning: os-prober will be executed to detect other bootable partitions.
Its output will be used to detect bootable binaries on them and create new boot 
entries.
done
~#

colorpurple21859 · 02-02-2024, 11:03 AM

I wonder why apt update didn't pick up the newer kernel?
Does the new kernel boot without a panic?
Please translate this to english:

Quote:

Statusinformationen werden eingelesen… Fertig
Vorgeschlagene Pakete:
linux-doc-5.10 debian-kernel-handbook
Die folgenden NEUEN Pakete werden installiert:
linux-image-5.10.0-27-686-pae
0 aktualisiert, 1 neu installiert, 0 zu entfernen und 5 nicht aktualisiert.
Es müssen noch 0 B von 46,3 MB an Archiven heruntergeladen werden.
Nach dieser Operation werden 169 MB Plattenplatz zusätzlich benutzt.
Vormals nicht ausgewähltes

mrmazda · 02-03-2024, 04:41 AM

Not every upgrade syntax will install new software. This describes a new kernel. Apt-get upgrade ordinarily will not, while apt-get full-upgrade will.

colorpurple21859 · 02-03-2024, 06:42 AM

Supposedly the op ran full-upgrade and dist-upgrade at one time or the other.

beginstart · 02-04-2024, 06:59 AM

What did I do wrong?

I did this (I tried)

# apt-get update
ok

# apt-get upgrade
ok

# apt-get dist-upgrade

accident:

apt-listchanges: Neuigkeiten
----------------------------

chromium (120.0.6099.71-1~deb11u1) bullseye-security; urgency=medium

Security support for Chromium in bullseye (Debian 11) is ending. Please
make plans to either upgrade to bookworm (Debian 12), or switch to using
the Firefox browser in bullseye.

Chromium 120.x will likely be the last of the chromium releases to be
packaged for bullseye. Chromium 121.x is slated for January 23rd, 2024, at
which point you will likely be running a browser with documented security
issues if you continue using chromium 120.x in bullseye.

-- Andres Salomon <dilinger@debian.org> Sat, 09 Dec 2023 12:31:48 -0500

chromium-browser (104.0.5112.79-2) unstable; urgency=low

We've switched the default search engine from Google to DuckDuckGo.
To manually override it, just go into Settings, click "Search Engine",
and next to "Search engine used in the address bar", select a different
search engine from the pull-down.

How can I switch back to update?

Regards
Sophie

mrmazda · 02-06-2024, 01:02 AM

When you see that it's waiting for you to read if you desire, then type a q to "quit" viewing the message, allowing the upgrade to continue.

beginstart · 02-06-2024, 09:55 AM

Thank You
I ll try q.

Its the same
I think
like to stop
"top".

beginstart · 02-07-2024, 07:59 AM

The update did work.
Thank You.
Shall I post here the log?

Booting did produce panic.

mrmazda · 02-07-2024, 01:32 PM

I believe the time has past to abandon repair attempts, and instead perform a fresh installation of Bookworm. It should be easier to freshly install than to troubleshoot this further.

Your Intel E5200 CPU fully supports the amd64 Debian 12 Bookworm release. Thus, you can upgrade both to newer release, and better supported, more appropriate 64-bit release version. This will not affect user data. If your current installation has your user data (content of /home/) on a separate filesystem, then the new installation would have no need for disturbing it, thus keeping it ready and available for normal use.

If all is on the same filesystem, then you'll need a complete backup of user data available to restore after installation is complete. In this latter case, it may be wise to consider the age of the installed HDD, and possibly replace it with a new one first, install Bookworm amd64 on it, then reattach the old HDD to copy the user data from the old to the new. The old HDD could then be utilized as a backup medium or extra storage space or both.

beginstart · 02-08-2024, 10:37 AM

This was my idea
after months and no repair.
So I tried LIVE CD
Debian
Ubuntu
Knoppix
and others.

But the LIVE CDs ended with Panic.

Could this help:

https://www.debian.org/releases/stab...h08s06.en.html