Re: Cannot boot Debian Unstable after shutdown.

2005-05-29 Thread [KS]
Adam Majer wrote: > > If this doesn't help, I would boot from the installation media and see > if the file system is still intact. > > - Adam > I had checked the file system and the hard disk status too before posting(using Knoppix). I didn't see anything wrong and only then posted as it seemed

Re: Cannot boot Debian Unstable after shutdown.

2005-05-29 Thread Adam Majer
Carl Fink wrote: >On Sun, May 29, 2005 at 09:19:28PM -0400, KS wrote: > > > >>And the last = sign keeps on blinking, nothing happens. The rescue disk >>also gave similar results! >> >> > >Bootloaders need to know the physical location of the kernel. If it moved >and you didn't rerun whatev

Re: Cannot boot Debian Unstable after shutdown.

2005-05-29 Thread [KS]
Carl Fink wrote: > On Sun, May 29, 2005 at 09:19:28PM -0400, KS wrote: > > >>And the last = sign keeps on blinking, nothing happens. The rescue disk >>also gave similar results! > > > Bootloaders need to know the physical location of the kernel. If it moved > and you didn't rerun whatever Gru

Re: Cannot boot Debian Unstable after shutdown.

2005-05-29 Thread Carl Fink
On Sun, May 29, 2005 at 09:19:28PM -0400, KS wrote: > And the last = sign keeps on blinking, nothing happens. The rescue disk > also gave similar results! Bootloaders need to know the physical location of the kernel. If it moved and you didn't rerun whatever Grub uses to update the bootloader (

Re: Cannot boot Debian Unstable after shutdown.

2005-05-29 Thread Marty
KS wrote: On Sun, 29 May 2005 18:40:54 -0400, "KS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: It doesn't even start the kernel loading stage. It is as if Grub is there, but no Linux installation! I feel a bit handicapped as I can't even copy the text that I see after I hit [Enter] to boot from Grub. Below is

Re: Cannot boot Debian Unstable after shutdown.

2005-05-29 Thread KS
On Sun, 29 May 2005 18:40:54 -0400, "KS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > It doesn't even start the kernel loading stage. It is as if Grub is > there, but no Linux installation! I feel a bit handicapped as I can't > even copy the text that I see after I hit [Enter] to boot from Grub. > Below is wh

Re: Cannot boot Debian Unstable after shutdown.

2005-05-29 Thread KS
On Sun, 29 May 2005 23:44:59 +0100, "Matthew T. Atkinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > If 'doze has overwritten something that grub needed, perhaps booting a > grub floppy and using it to boot the system (or install grub again) > would help? > > That's all I can think of -- though TBH I would expe

Re: Cannot boot Debian Unstable after shutdown.

2005-05-29 Thread Matthew T. Atkinson
If 'doze has overwritten something that grub needed, perhaps booting a grub floppy and using it to boot the system (or install grub again) would help? That's all I can think of -- though TBH I would expect Grub to have been totally wiped out if 'doze had meant to do that... bye just now, -- Ma

Re: Cannot boot Debian Unstable after shutdown.

2005-05-29 Thread KS
On Sun, 29 May 2005 18:28:02 -0400, "Marty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > KS wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > Today, I booted my dual boot Debian and Windows box to update virus > > definitions in the Windows partition. After using Windows for about > > 5min, I shutdown the machine to boot to Debian. Aft

Re: Cannot boot Debian Unstable after shutdown.

2005-05-29 Thread Marty
KS wrote: Hi All, Today, I booted my dual boot Debian and Windows box to update virus definitions in the Windows partition. After using Windows for about 5min, I shutdown the machine to boot to Debian. After selecting kernel 2.6.11 to boot in, the screen just showed the kernel, bzimage, boot com