Heck I even remember a one-floppy live distribution that I had for just this purpose.
On Sun, Oct 23, 2016 at 7:26 PM, Børge Holen <holen.bo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Have you tried booting off a live distribution and inserted the old kernel > and symlinked the libraries so you can rerun grub update? I remember we had > to do that with lilo whenever I tried new kernels and forgot all about > lilo. Cannot even remember the last time I did it, since I found the rescue > option in the installation disk. That option wasn't there back in the days > > On Sun, Oct 23, 2016 at 7:21 PM, Børge Holen <holen.bo...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> I have to use the nomodeset from time to time where the f*** gfx card has >> unresolved issues with itself. Atleast it lets me boot to a prompt. Now >> thinking of it, I have no blinking cursor, I just get a black screen... So >> different issue all together and I am just rambling on >> >> On Sun, Oct 23, 2016 at 7:03 PM, Michael Lange <klappn...@freenet.de> >> wrote: >> >>> On Sun, 23 Oct 2016 12:14:39 -0400 >>> "James P. Wallen" <jpwal...@comcast.net> wrote: >>> >>> > Double checked to see if I was right about the video subsystem. >>> > It is not ATI, it is Intel integrated. No docs on this thing. It >>> > was never officially sold in U.S., where I live currently. Since >>> > I can't boot it to usable state, I can't (easily) find out >>> > exactly which video it uses. >>> > >>> > It's probably destine for re-installation anyway. I was just >>> > surprised to see such a failure occur after upgrade. >>> >>> If the device has worked with other kernel versions before, you >>> could boot from an USB drive, do a chroot and install a kernel that >>> works, this should be a pretty straightforward procedure. >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> Michael >>> >>> >>> >>> .-.. .. ...- . .-.. --- -. --. .- -. -.. .--. .-. --- ... .--. . >>> .-. >>> >>> You canna change the laws of physics, Captain; I've got to have thirty >>> minutes! >>> >>> >> >
