[SOLVED] can't access tty; job control turned off /# _

slacnovitz · 03-26-2022, 03:49 AM

Hello again

yesterday I made a kernel-update:

when I now boot in generic, I get this

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no kernel modules found for Linux 5.15.27 
 
... 
mount:mounting /dev sda5 on /mnt failed:No such device 
ERROR:  No /sbin/init found on rootdev (or not mounted).  
Trouble ahead. You can try to fix it. type 'exit' when things are done. 
 
 
/bin/sh: can't access tty; job control turned off 
/# _

I can't see that I can type a single letter

but I can boot in huge recovery mode (5.15.27 x86_64 (tty1)

has somebody an advise for me how to handle with this issue?

Thanx

pghvlaans · 03-26-2022, 04:01 AM

Was a new initrd.gz made for the 5.15.27 kernel?

slacnovitz · 03-26-2022, 04:31 AM

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Was a new initrd.gz made for the 5.15.27 kernel?

I have to confess, I haven't had the time to read me the doc'syet,...
would I have to consider something in advance?

well when I was supposed to do this init.gz manually, than obviously not...
was this a point in the Beginners guide?

slacnovitz · 03-26-2022, 04:38 AM

I have to update grub... is it this?

pghvlaans · 03-26-2022, 04:45 AM

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Originally Posted by slacnovitz

would I have to consider something in advance?

well when I was supposed to do this init.gz manually, than obviously not...
was this a point in the Beginners guide?

I can't remember exactly what document it's in off the top of my head.

The good news is, it's a fairly straightforward fix. Go ahead and boot with the huge kernel. Then, run $(/usr/share/mkinitrd/mkinitrd_command_generator.sh -r /boot/vmlinuz-generic) as root. This will make a new initrd for 5.15.27 at /boot/initrd.gz.

It's possible to customize initrd further (the mkinitrd_command_generator man page is a good resource for that), but that'll get you up and running for the time being.

Tonus · 03-26-2022, 04:56 AM

With grub you would have to update grub

Code:

grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/brub.cfg

Or to check that the /boot/grub/brub.cfg has the right numbers and paths.

slacnovitz · 03-26-2022, 05:17 AM

Thanks for your answers

while you wrote them I run

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sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

And now I can't any longer restart the normal way:
when I klick [Log Out) the options [Restart] and [Shut Down]are greyed.
When I press [Log Out] there is a promt :

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...-GObject.CRITICAL **: 11:08:40.796: g_object_unref:assertion 'G_IS_

This Critical looks very ugly to me

shall I still reboot?

slacnovitz · 03-26-2022, 05:51 AM

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$(/usr/share/mkinitrd/mkinitrd_command_generator.sh -r /boot/vmlinuz-generic) as root. This will make a new initrd for 5.15.27 at /boot/initrd.gz.

No such file or directory

BTW: can not enable Network, USB are not shown, but foppy (not mounted yet)

pghvlaans · 03-26-2022, 05:58 AM

ls /boot?

Petri Kaukasoina · 03-26-2022, 06:06 AM

You installed the system from a dvd or a usb stick? Use it to boot. You get a message telling:

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...
In a pinch, you can boot your system from here with a command like:

boot: huge.s root=/dev/sda1 initrd= ro

In the example above, /dev/sda1 is the / Linux partition.
...

Then you can build the initrd. The instructions in the Slackware Security Advisory for the kernel 5.15.27 update give this command:

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/usr/share/mkinitrd/mkinitrd_command_generator.sh -k 5.15.27 | bash

slacnovitz · 03-26-2022, 06:09 AM

I decided to be brave enough to logout and login as root just to reboot:

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This file will self-destruct in five minutes.

MOTD is with me! MOTD by itself is worth this trouble

in case I crash my system now, I still have my boot stick

slacnovitz · 03-26-2022, 06:51 AM

I am able to boot:

MOTH:

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              -- Edgar Allen Poe

but I can't boot generic, so to build the initrd:
can I run this commands

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huge.s root=/dev/sda5 initrd= ro

and

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/usr/share/mkinitrd/mkinitrd_command_generator.sh -k 5.15.27 | bash

in my normal terminal? or shall I use my install-usb?

PS: network works and my usbs are shown again. floppy is gone

Petri Kaukasoina · 03-26-2022, 07:07 AM

You don't need 'huge.s root=/dev/sda5 initrd= ro'. It's not a command but it's something you can give as a kernel command line if you have to boot the install usb.

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Originally Posted by slacnovitz

can I run
/usr/share/mkinitrd/mkinitrd_command_generator.sh -k 5.15.27 | bash
in my normal terminal?

Yes.

slacnovitz · 03-26-2022, 07:30 AM

I ran the command

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bash: /usr/share/mkinitrid_command_generator.sh: No such file or directory

I forgot an mkinitrd...

slacnovitz · 03-26-2022, 07:44 AM

the boot initrid .gz is created

now it sais :

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Be sure to run lilo again if you us it

how?