Kernel save strategy - recovering from kernel panic

[tim042849]

Had a kernel panic today. Was on -2.6.22-16-generic
I simply changed my menu.lst selection to -2.6.22-15-generic
and since I plan to upgrade shortly all is good.

However - I think it would be helpful for me to have some
input about a possible recovery strategy. I did not save the
output regarding the kernel. Is it reasonable to assume that
a kernel panic is the result of a corruption of the kernel?

If so, would it not be a good idea to back up *-<kernelnum>* to
another directory?
Any comments would be helpful.
thanks
tim

[aiiee]

Re: Kernel save strategy - recovering from kernel panic

Tim

I apologize for the lack of interest of others here.

If you are using a Wubi install ( installed inside of Windows )
See entry #160 of the following URL for a workaround, and an informed discussion on the issue
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...in/+bug/477169

I am not sure how to fix this if it is not a Wubi install. You might check the Ubuntu forums for discussions on Kernel Panics. They seem to have addressed it in various posts over there.

[tim042849]

Re: Kernel save strategy - recovering from kernel panic

I solved this by booting from a working kernel and running

dpkg-reconfigure --all

I suppose you might be able to accomplish the same by
booting from a live disk or from another OS and using chroot
thanks
tim