| Package: linux-image-2.6.32-5-686-bigmem Severity: serious [ the system will not boot ] Symptoms: boot fails almost immediately. Using synaptic, the kernel was upgraded. I ran `lilo' with the usual gang of warnings. I then rebooted, straight into the crash. log: .. .. .. [1.61...] initialising network drop monitoe service [1.63...] Freeing unused kernel memory: 296k freed [1.66...] Write protecting the kernel text: 2576k [1.68...] Write protecting the kernel read-only data: 944k Loading, please wait ... /init: /scripts/functions: line 394: syntax error: unexpected ")" (expected ";;") [1.76...] Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! [1.78...] Pid: 1, comm: init Not tainted 2.6.32-5-686-bigmem #1 [1.80...] Call Trace: [1.80...] [<c127e452>] ? panic+0x38/0x36 _ {end of output} ignores <ctrl-alt-del> repeatable. Hardware description: HP G72 laptop, Intel i3 M350 (2.266GHz), 4GB ram, 500GB disk partititions: sda1: 203MB NTFS boot sda2: 70GB NTFS sda3: 17GB NTFS sda4: extended sda5: 117MB FAT32 sda6: 8GB swap sda7: 31GB / sda8: 73GB /home sda9: 287GB /archive normally runs KDE with 12 desktops Since the system cannot run, more detailed info is very difficult to supply. I am presently using my "standby" desktop using the previous version of Debian with a 2.6.28-2-686 kernel. I can run the laptop using a live CD; the laptop disc is still readable and can be accessed from the live CD system. I will try to supply you with any further info that you may require. How can I get back to the previous kernel suite? John Hunter |