failed upgrade, urgent help needed

[John Griffiths <john@capmon.com>]

hi, i've just tried to upgrade from a potato box running the 2.4.7 kernel
from the adrian bunk source

I think we fouled up upgrading apt-utils and didn't realise until we were
upgrading the kernel to 2.4.18

on boot lilo starts up but then we get a string of messages about kernel
modules and then it dies (kernel panic).

i'm making a boot floppy now

but any advice as to how to fix the problem would be massively appreciated

(i tried the IRC channel but didn't get much help)

Thanks

John