On Thu, May 31, 2007 at 06:03:06PM +0000, Robert Cates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
