R10 Help!!!

[caesar2i9]

Ok, i didnt read thoroughly and now i am stuck. My R10 just sits at a grey screen when i turn it on. I believe it is because i loaded the wrong kernel. What kernel should be on it? how can i fix it?

[fixn278]

Only the original will work. R10's can't be modified for anything other than space without a physical prom mod. Restore an original image to get back to normal.

[caesar2i9]

i was hoping there was a way to do it without losing my recorded movies

[PlainBill]

i was hoping there was a way to do it without losing my recorded movies
Restore the original kernel. :eek: You DID make a backup, didn't you?

PlainBill

[Narf54321]

Putting an original R10 kernel back on partition 3 (or 6, depending upon your active boot settings -- see bootpage) and keeping the original linux software on the root partition should revive it without loosing recordings.

You won't lose stuff unless you restore your MFS from an image.

[caesar2i9]

yeah. i shoulda made a backup. i know, i know. but i was stricken with temporary stupidness. oh well. live and learn

[caesar2i9]

wierd thing is... i couldnt mount the /dev/hda6 which is the boot partition. kept telling me i was giving it the wrong partition type

[PlainBill]

wierd thing is... i couldnt mount the /dev/hda6 which is the boot partition. kept telling me i was giving it the wrong partition type
That isn't weird, it's normal. The boot partition contains only the kernel.

PlainBill

[Narf54321]

wierd thing is... i couldnt mount the /dev/hda6 which is the boot partition. kept telling me i was giving it the wrong partition type

hda6 is the kernel. To look at anything useful you need to mount partition 7.

If you download the an appropriate image and extract to another hard drive, you can probably copy (dd) the kernel to your bum drive and hopefully get it bootable again. You might even be able to copy a workable kernel from the alternate boot partition.

[JJBliss]

You might even be able to copy a workable kernel from the alternate boot partition.
Unless, of course, he followed some ill-advised guide that had him copy a new kernel to BOTH partitions, "just to be sure"... :rolleyes:

[Roger Dylan]

Unless, of course, he followed some ill-advised guide that had him copy a new kernel to BOTH partitions, "just to be sure"... :rolleyes:Of course most people old enough to have used that guide are dead of old age by now, but never too late to take a cheap shot, words I live by.

[PlainBill]

Unless, of course, he followed some ill-advised guide that had him copy a new kernel to BOTH partitions, "just to be sure"... :rolleyes:

You mean like these instructions (http://www.dealdatabase.com/forum/showpost.php?p=177105&postcount=2)?

PlainBill

[cheer]

You mean like these instructions (http://www.dealdatabase.com/forum/showpost.php?p=177105&postcount=2)?
Clutch! Nice one, PB! :)