Re: cannot boot laptop after kernel upgrade

[Pollywog <croak@shadypond.com>]

On Mon, 15 Jan 2001 22:13:36 -0600 (CST), Phil Brutsche said:

>  
>  Looks like you forgot to compile in the IDE drivers :)

I don't know how that could happen, I did "make oldconfig"

>  
>  > I then rebooted to the old kernel, 2.2.16 successfully and tried
>  > installing the new kernel image again, but when I rebooted, I could no
>  > longer boot either kernel.
>  
>  Uh oh.  Better get out the rescue disk :)
>  
>  > I smell a reinstall; not even my boot disk could start Linux. Is there
>  > a way out of a reinstall?
>  
>  Um... what errors did you get when you tried the boot disk?

It stalls after LILO.

>  
>  Can you tell us anything about the hardware of your laptop?
>
It is a ThinkPad 560
I think I will have to reinstall in the morning.

thanks


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Andrew