[mythtv-users] kernels

[Daryl McDonald]

On Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at 3:14 PM Hika van den Hoven <hikavdh at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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
>
> "Zonder hoop kun je niet leven
> Zonder leven is er geen hoop
> Het eeuwige dilemma
> Zeker als je hoop moet vernietigen om te kunnen overleven!"
>
> De lerende Mens
>
> _______________________________________________
>
> Hoi Hika, good to hear from you, what do you think about this suggestion:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/253244/reinstall-latest-kernel
specifically #9?
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