Re: How to recover system,
On 24 Oct 2003, Matthias Hentges wrote:
> Am Fre, 2003-10-24 um 16.24 schrieb Vivek Kumar:
> > Hi there,
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>
> D/L a Debian netinst CD (50-100MB) and boot up the new system with it.
> The default kernel on the CD should be compiled for 386 so it'll boot up
> *any* CPU. Mount the old drives manually, chroot to the old root (/)
> partition and recompile the kernel with a correct CPU setting and
> support for you mainboard chipset.
>
> Edit lilo.conf to use the new kernel and run /sbin/lilo.
>
> The new system should now boot with the old drives and a new kernel.
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Hi,
I was thinking of the same thing except with knoppix! (its better than
sliced bread)
Put a knoppix in the cd drive, boot up (in 'knoppix 2' for non gui or
'knoppix' for regular gui) and chroot, and follow the rest of what
Mattias said.
-Kev
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