> > Is there any way of resucing this installation (which had been going > > so well :-) )?? > > Yes, absolutely. > > When you boot off the Linux install media, you can either: > > 1. use a 'rescue' kernel to give single user mode. > 2. start the install, switch to VT2, start the terminal and then mount > your drive. > > The help screens in the boot loader cover how to achieve option 1; > basically invoke a different boot configuration. > > Option 2 should be pretty easy if you are familiar with Unix. > > Either way, remove the startup link for the broken package and then boot > from the hard disk again. Viola, problem gone. > > Daniel
===>>> Thanks. Unfortunately, it didnt quite work. I booted from DVD with the installation DVD and booted as rescue root=/dev/hda1 The rescue system appeared to boot, but the same screen appears and freezes... ===>>>I have also tried it with the newer netinstall http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ but my laptop freezes at the first screen (Choose language). Setting the boot to boot: linux bootkbd=en_US did not help either. ===>>> Any ideas? Thanks Peter
