On Wednesday 25 January 2006 05:50 am, SOTL wrote:
> On Tuesday 24 January 2006 03:36 pm, Ian wrote:
> > On Tuesday 24 Jan 2006 19:59, SOTL wrote:
> > > On Tuesday 24 January 2006 12:57 pm, Ian wrote:
> > > > On Tuesday 24 Jan 2006 05:21, Neville Cross wrote:
> > > > > I've heard that that 'invalid compressed format' could be because
> > > > > the kernel has been corrupted. If I could replace the file
> > > > > 'vmlinuz-2.6.11-6mdk' in the boot directory it might just work?
> > > > > I don't have a way of installing a new kernel rpm and I can't find
> > > > > this file either on my Mandriva boot disks or on the net. If anyone
> > > > > thinks it could work and has the file could they send me a copy?
> > > >
> > > > Simply reinserting the Mandriva 2005 disks back on the computer and
> > > > selecting update (as opposed to install) should restore your setup
> > > > without altering anything you have changed.
> > >
> > > That only works if you have not updated your system.
> > >
> > > If you have updated your system there is a high probability that you
> > > will have a total and complete system crash of such magnitude that it
> > > can only be corrected by reinstalling the system.
> >
> > Sad to say, one of my friends did this last week. He had used all the
> > updates......... worked fine. I suppose , so far, we've been lucky.
>
> This is pure speculation but from the large number of times I have crashed
> a system by updating it always seem to some how involve KDE. Apparently if
> KDE is not involved I can recover. If certain core KDE files and libraries
> are involved I have a total system crash. Actually I believe that this
> should say if any basic KDE files or libraries are involved not just
> certain but then I have not had enough crashes yet to ascertain if that
> does or does not include graphic and additional KDE files.
>
> Apparently if one does not use or have KDE installed then this is not a
> issue.
I've only had one failure when upgrading 10.1 to 2006
>
> SOTL
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