Re: [vox-tech] Ubuntu not booting after Kernel update

2009-11-24 Thread Darth Borehd
Why LILO? I can't think of a single thing LILO can do that Grub can not do better. If you have an older kernel available in the menu, boot to that. Then check for updates again. Sometimes the headers don't download completely on older releases. If so, then install those and try to reboot with

Re: [vox-tech] Ubuntu not booting after Kernel update

2009-11-24 Thread Rick Moen
Quoting Darth Borehd (darth.bor...@gmail.com): Why LILO? I can't think of a single thing LILO can do that Grub can not do better. 1. Simplicity. 2. Ability to boot any arbitrary filesystem without the need for the bootloader to understand filesystem semantics.[1] [1] This isn't a

Re: [vox-tech] Ubuntu not booting after Kernel update

2009-11-24 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
On Tue 24 Nov 09, 11:01 AM, Rick Moen r...@linuxmafia.com said: Quoting Darth Borehd (darth.bor...@gmail.com): Why LILO? I can't think of a single thing LILO can do that Grub can not do better. 1. Simplicity. 2. Ability to boot any arbitrary filesystem without the need for the

Re: [vox-tech] Ubuntu not booting after Kernel update

2009-11-24 Thread Rick Moen
Quoting Peter Jay Salzman (p...@dirac.org): I think I understand what you're saying, but I believe the argument for simplicity is more compelling from the point of view of the person using the application, not the application itself. Over a decade-plus of observing, 100% of those seemed to

Re: [vox-tech] Ubuntu not booting after Kernel update

2009-11-24 Thread ALLO (Alfredo Lopez De Leon)
Hi, Some answers: Why LILO? Because the installation scripts failed to produce a bootable system when I selected Grub. So I selected LILO and it work. The update was from kernel 2.6.24-22 to 2.6.24-23. The original installation I believe had 2.6.24-21. One of our IT guys was able to boot