On Tue, Aug 08, 2006 at 10:48:10PM -0400, Mario Flores wrote: > Hi, > > I have upgraded from woody to sarge and after a very long list of > packages being installed, my system is a mess: > > Right after the upgrade, I launched X and kdm (I had kdm and kde > working fine prior to the upgrade) and at log in, it tried to launch > gnome, and it could not create a desktop. I managed to log out. Then > I restarted the system and found that it could not boot again. The > computer is stuck at lilo (it only prints out the first two letters: > "LI") and then it hungs. > > I don't have any important stuff on it so I can re-format the HD and > do a clean install. However, if there's something else I can do that > would not take all that time, I would like to try it. > > But first, what can I do to make it bootable again? or at least boot > from a cd?
boot from knoppix and chroot in to redo your lilo might work. A
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