On Tuesday 06 April 2004 02:47 pm, David Baron wrote: Thanks, I am there, now it seems I have a larger problem, I cannot install ANY kernel, I've tried several, they all fail with an error about /dev/fd doesn't exist, and initrd didn't make. I am LOST. :(
> At the knoppix boot command, type "knoppix single" > This will put you into a root shell. > Mount your file systems. > chroot to the root file system. > try to fix it -- good luck :-) > > On Tuesday 06 April 2004 07:12, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > > Hey, this oughta get a chuckle out of some of you... > > I have Debian Sid with kernel 2.6.4, self-compiled, working fine > > untill... I decided to recompile the kernel again, changing some stuff > > around, building more stuff into it, and taking more stuff out... > > when I did > > dpkg -i kernel-image-2.6.4_custom.2.0_i386.deb > > I got an error at the end, something about couldn't make initrd image, > > but I figured what the heck, it will still boot off the old kernel, since > > the entries were still in /boot/grub/menu.list. > > Wrong! > > I can no longer boot at all, kernel-panic etc, so I am writing this while > > booted to Knoppix. > > I can't see how to use this as a 'recovery disk', cuz everything I try to > > do, requires root access, and Knoppix by default has all accounts locked, > > and no passwords, etc. > > I was gonna try to reinstall my other kernel, but can't. > > I am now hopelessly hosed, please advise! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]