see bottom for update:
one thing at a time...
I can mount my Windows XP partition which also won't boot so I can
recover data. Grub seems to work fine. I'm just not proficient in
it yet.
we can fix that. what partition is xp on? mine is on hdb1 or in grub
speak (hd1,0) so I have in my menu.lst
title MS Windows XP
root (hd1,0)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader +1
and that worked fine for me until i killed windows.
However, I did get aptitude to upgrade to its latest version 0.4.4
that Joey Hess mentioned in a previous post. I'm getting there but
can still use helpful comments.
sometimes for big upgrades you have to run it multiple times to get it
through all the way. what exactly have you run so far? and did it run
to completion?
A
My system has exhibited weird behavior. It now boots into Windows. I
can get to the Linux partition with the rescue mode of the original
network installation CDROM for etch with kernel 2.6.15.
Also, the boot priority suddenly changed to the harddrive. I had to
change the boot priority in the BIOS to boot from CDROM.
I had also looked at the system with the installation CDROM's for
Windows XP Professional. I'm not aware that I told it to change
anything; however, it may have 'volunteered quietly.'
Also, the ASUS CPU Parameter Recall (ASUS CPR), a feature of their AI
motherboards, may have activated.
Oh well, I'm going to back up my Windows data and then be ready to
repair the Debian GNU/Linux etch installation still on /dev/hda6.
I'm swearing off eggnog (except at Mother's) and grub-install to avoid
ruining the MBR.
What can we do with the rescue mode of the installation beta2 CDROM?
I got an external harddrive to back up my data. The latest etch
network install file (debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso) was downloaded
and created. I booted off it and had it to erase the contents of
/dev/hda6 when the basic system install aborted. Fortunately I had no
data worth keeping, just a few game scores. It was necessary to use
adduser as root to get an ordinary user account. The installer also
reinstalled grub correctly and updated it correctly when the system
downloaded updates. The update also gave me the 2.6.18 kernel in
addition to the 2.6.17 kernel on the installation CDROM. (I got the smp
kernel I wanted to make use of the Pentium 4 Prescott hyperthreading.)
The desktop is GNOME. The network install CDROM seems to set that up by
default. I may get KDE when it seems safe.
So the worse problem was solved by 'cutting the Gordian knot' with a
reinstallation.
My thanks to Sackville and others that responded!
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