Hi, My recent sid upgrade ended me with unbootable PC. Rest assured it was relatively simple using d-i netinst image CD I had and now I am with Gnome 2.8 destop. Folder with many photos seems faster to display now and I am happy :-)
In woody days, boot-CD can be booted with "rescue root=/dev/hda1" to get system booted. No more. New d-i CD uses modules, i.e., initrd image so this trick usually does not work. (Incompatible modules on HD) Smart one should have installed old bf2.4 kernel and keep it pointed grom GRUB by editting /boot/grub/menu.lst . But I being stupid usually did not do it nor created boot floppy. For me, 1. I booted with d-i CD 2. I performed some install process enough to get harddisk probed 3. I mounted hadrdisk (It is device file system. TAB key is handy when typing long device name.) 4. I chrooted to mount point. 5. I found old woody boot kernel (goodness) and missing links from /vmlinuz etc. Fixed it. /boot/grub/conf editted to add safe boot with old woody bf2.4 kernel. 6. Happy reboot. Does any one know simple way to specify modules location on CD as boot parameter? Then above process may be simpler like woody CD but I doubt it since boot process probing is needed even access HD. Anyone with idea? Osamu PS: The last resort is always install small system on old swap partition and fix system from there :-) I did not do it at least this time.
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