Mr. Jan Hearthstone wrote: > I was "dist-upgrade"-ing and during the process I > was adviced that I was re-installing the existing > kermel-image-2.6.8-1-386, and that I was to reboot as > soon as possible, which I did as soon as the next item > (Lilo) started being upgraded. > To no avail! During the start up I get message > "Error -3 while decompressing!" > "c034ad04 (-289792904)->c108a000(4096)" > "Error -3 while decompressing!" > "c034a8f0(-417786125)->c21e2000(4096)" > "request-module: runaway loop modprobe > binfmt-0000" > "request-module: runaway loop modprobe > binfmt-0000" > "request-module: runaway loop modprobe > binfmt-0000" > "request-module: runaway loop modprobe > binfmt-0000" > > ... and then nothing moves at all. > > So I tried the "boot" and "root" floppies, but the > thing insists that I repartition! (And lose > everything!)
Try booting with a LiveCD (such as Knoppix). You can then chroot to your hard drive and fix the problem. Adam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
