Quoting Michael C. Yoon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> Well, I got it to boot by running LILO again. The reason I didn't in
> the first place is because of this line in the installation
> instructions:
> 
> "Your new kernel-image-2.0.36 package is also clever enough to
> automatically use lilo to update the kernel image information allowing
> you to boot, so there's no need to re-run lilo."
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 
> That was not true in my case. Is this a bug in the documentation?

Yes, I would say that the text marked should be deleted. There *is* a
need to rerun lilo, and dpkg -i kernel-image... asks if it may do so.
If you refuse, I think it warns you that the system may now be
unbootable. (I can't remember, perhaps you also have to refuse to make
a boot floppy?)

Cheers,

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