Simon, On Wed, 2 Jan 2002, Simon R Tod wrote:
> My laptop's been left on for the past 48 hours. When I came back to it > this morning it was very hot, the fan was kicking in evert minute or two This is a bad sign on its own. Were the fans blocked? Do you have power management setup properly? > and everything was working really slowly.... It's now just ceased up > completely. The text has disappeared off my xterm and I can't get any > movement out of the mouse. I don't see how I can do anything but just > turn the power off, leave it for a few hours to cool down then reboot. Hey, it happens. Often. The results are no worse than a Windows hard-reboot, and luckily our 'scandisk' (fsck) is much more robust. > Ouch I don't like that idea. The problem is, I was in the process of > upgrading my kernel - all I've got left to do is alter my /etc/lilo.conf > file, run lilo, and shutdown. Because I hadn't altered the config file > will it just reboot anyway, using the old kernel? What worries me is Sure it will. If not, use your rescue disk. You do have a rescue disk, right? No? Your Debian installation medium will function as one. /sbin/lilo copies the kernel to the MBR (or other boot sector), and if you don't run it after upgrading a kernel, your changes don't take effect. > that in the process of installing the kernel, apt-get set up / applied > (whatever the right terminology is!) a boot block. Is this going to I am not familiar with this. > prevent the thing from rebooting? And if so, so I don't reach the boot > message that allows me to pick the Debian or Windows OS', is there > anything I can do? You can always use your rescue disk - either Linux or Windows. > TIA, > Simon. n/p, -Tech > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
