On Friday 10 October 2003 4:34 pm, a park wrote: > as posted earlier today in "kernel disintegration sos", i recompiled my > kernel and when i rebooted, the boot up process get stuck shortly after > lilo. it gave me the following on screen output: > > Loading Gentoo_Gaming...................................................... > > so now i do not have a functioning computer. i've already booted up with > the gentoo 1.4 cd and recompiled my kernel (gaming_kernel), but i receive > the same error. > > i would like to start fresh and rid myself of this kernel and any modules > that i may have compiled for it. > > how would i go about doing this? > > andrew
This is a job for the wonderful Knoppix cd! You could boot with it into a kde desktop. (Type "knoppix single" at the boot prompt). Then you can go to a console, and remount your partitions with "mount -o remount,rw /mnt/hdxx" (xx being your drive letter and number). Then you have read/write access, and can use the kde superuser file manager, or a command line to correct the problems. Sounds like you want to delete the kernel in /usr/src, the modules in /lib/modules, and the kernel in /boot. You can also sign onto the web with kppp, and then chroot to your Gentoo partition, and emerge a new kernel. Knoppix uses /mnt/hda3 (as an example) for the normal /dev/hda3. Just type chroot /mnt/hda3, enter, and emerge away. You can order a Knoppix cd for under $5 from many places on the internet- only takes 2-3 days, or get a friend to burn you one. If you made a rescue boot floppy, and know how to work it that way, you can probably fix it from the command line. Let us know what happens. Robert Crawford -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
