Re: Oops. New kernel will not come up
Quoting Timothy C. Phan (tphan@iqrinc.com):
>
> How do I do "dkpkg -i old k-i" if the system would not
> come up at all?
You can't. But that's not the point. You can boot any kernel in
any old way (rescue disk, boot floppy, bootable CD, etc.
and mount your filesystem.
You may not even have to run dpkg: moving the links in / and /boot
(+- running lilo) may be enough.
Cheers,
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