Re: kernel panic

[Jonathan Schmitt <other.list@detla.de>]

>Yes, however, I didn't delete anything... When I was working in Lilo previous 
to 
>the 'accident', the old config was there. Beats me what happened to it. It 
was 
>called 'Linux.old'

Generally, it's a wise idea, not to touch lilo.conf anymore unless You have 
to. The debian-way is to move Your kernel somewhere and set a soft-link to 
it, pointing to /vmlinuz. You should save the old /vmlinuz to vmlinuz.old 
prior to that.
If You do so, You'll always find Your old, working configuration using the 
"Linux.OLD" entry in the lilo menu.

>Yeah, I did something similar prior to posting on debian-user. I booted from 
the 
>install cd, attempted to rescue/mount hda1, but the system kept saying 
'invalid 
>argument'.

The correct argument, as far as I remember is "rescue root=/dev/hda1". Aside 
from that, it is a different approach. If You've already deleted the 2.2.19 
modules on Your disk, rescue using this method might be impossible, because 
You might get trapped in an infinite loop, trying to load modules, no longer 
there.

Best regards,
   js
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I'm looking forward to not being able to drive 65, either.