[mythtv-users] kernels

[Hika van den Hoven]

Hoi Daryl,

Wednesday, October 21, 2020, 7:11:03 PM, you wrote:

> this morning I find I can only boot on the older kernel: 5.4.0-51,
> but not 5.4.0-52, after a couple hard restarts, I get "initramfs
> unpacking failed  decoding failed"
> "kernel panic   not syncing   no working unit found"
> "try passing init=option to kernel"
> "see linux documentation/admin/guide/init.rst for guidance"


> Questions are: 1)Do I leave it running 24/7?


>                          2)Do I reconfigure grub, as in
> "https://www.systutorials.com/how-to-make-grub2-boot-to-older-kernel-version-in-ubuntu-20-04/"?


>                           3)Or, is there a way to repair the uncooperative kernel?


> TIA  Daryl    Ubuntu 20.04 mythtv 31 fixes.
> P.S. this time it isn't because of my mucking around, a couple of
> times over the past ten days I found the box stuck on the boot logo
> and a hard reboot worked, so I would guess a slow deprecation?


Try removing and reinstalling the kernel. Possibly the initramfs is
damaged. This assuming that both kernels use their own initramfs file.

Tot mails,
  Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com

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