From: Daniel Burrows <dburrows@debian.org>
To: Robert Cates <cates58@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: cannot access machine after apt-get dist-upgrade
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On Thu, May 31, 2007 at 06:03:06PM +0000, Robert Cates
<cates58@hotmail.com> was heard to say:
> I've just decided to upgrade my Sarge server to Etch, which the process
> itself seemed to go very smoothly, but now after rebooting it does not
> bring up my eth0 and eth1, nor can I input any on the keyboard. In
> other words, I'm now locked out.
>
> The last thing I did was installed kernel/linux image 2.6.18 (with SMP),
> so I have both the original 2.6.8 as well as the new 2.6.18. Now,
> regardless of which kernel I boot, I'm locked out. Is there a way I can
> still access my machine? I'll like to avoid having to completely
> re-install from fresh.
It sounds like you can access your bootloader. Have you tried booting
with init=/bin/sh and poking around that way?
When you say you can't input anything on the keyboard -- what is
displayed on the screen? Is it showing a graphical login, a text-mode
login, or something completely different?
Daniel
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