Hi Leonard I do not know if anyone has helped you but you can use the rescue CD(CD1 I think) from debian and pass as an argument "root=/dev/hdx" when prompt where hdx is your disk / partition (read the help otherwise of the CD when booting by pressing f3). This will boot with the lastest installed kernel or 2.4.18bf (I left it just in case)
Sounds like your lilo on the MBR is corrupted and will need to rerun lilo again (check configuration as well like initrd option...) The other choice to boot windows (XP or 2K) you can use the CD of windows and in some of the installation menu you can somehow format the MBR so that lilo is erase and this will allow windows to reboot as it is not using the MBR and the next disk segment will boot you windows. But then you will still have to us the rescue disk to reboot your linux Cheers Manu --- Leonard Chatagnier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > BlankAfter several apt-get updates, upgrades and > pkg-upgrades Lilo hangs and wont boot. The Lilo > screen comes up clean and starts with LI and a > blinking cursor and that's it. My linux boot disk > wont boot either saying to use another disk. > Windows boot disc wont work either, just hangs in > the floppy drive. Before rebooting when the problem > occurred, I checked out Mozilla browser and email > client and everything worked ok. Appreciate any > help to get system booted again. Please email reply > to [EMAIL PROTECTED] as I am not subscribed. > > Thanks for your help, > > Len Chatagnier > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 250MB free storage. Do more. Manage less. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]