Re: Help! Debian unbootable after XP re-install :-(

2002-11-23 Thread Olivier Esser
On Friday 22 November 2002 01:29, Doug MacFarlane wrote: > I had a similar problem and never solved it. I posted to this group and > didn't get an answer. It sounds like you were running a pre-packaged > kernel version 2.4.something - at some point the pre-packaged kernels > started using initrd

Re: Help! Debian unbootable after XP re-install :-(

2002-11-21 Thread Pigeon
On Fri, 22 Nov 2002 13:59:00 +1300, Haralambos Geortgilakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hi Yall & especially Doug & Pigeon, > >thanx for the feedback guys :-) > >Here is what I've done so far. > >In re-installing XP, I used Partition Magic & this changed the order of >/dev/hdax > >I used Knoppix

Re: Help! Debian unbootable after XP re-install :-(

2002-11-21 Thread Haralambos Geortgilakis
Hi Yall & especially Doug & Pigeon, thanx for the feedback guys :-) Here is what I've done so far. In re-installing XP, I used Partition Magic & this changed the order of /dev/hdax I used Knoppix, to mount my hdd's, then my Tux Boot Floppy & edited the latters "syslinux.cfg", to point to th

Re: Help! Debian unbootable after XP re-install :-(

2002-11-21 Thread Doug MacFarlane
I had a similar problem and never solved it. I posted to this group and didn't get an answer. It sounds like you were running a pre-packaged kernel version 2.4.something - at some point the pre-packaged kernels started using initrd images to boot and I was never able to figure out how to boot vi

Re: Help! Debian unbootable after XP re-install :-(

2002-11-21 Thread Pigeon
On Fri, 22 Nov 2002 10:27:25 +1300, Haralambos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Hi yall, > >not a pretty site down here > >I've tried rescue root=/dev/hda3 (this changed from the previous >/dev/hda4) > >I've tried going into ash, the Bourne shell clone & re-running lilo, >only go get back "inv