-=> MIKE POWELL wrote to ALL <=-

 MP> Well, you can remove me from the Ubuntu believers camp now.

 MP> The day before I really need the damn laptop for something, Ubuntu
 MP> tells me it has updates.  So, I look them over & let them roll.

 MP> Well, one of the updates was a new kernel, which it said it needed for
 MP> security purposes.

 MP> Now the damn thing won't boot... not with new kernel, not in "recovery
 MP> mode, not with old kernel.  "Kernel panic."  Yeah, it
ain't the only
 MP> one.

 MP> So basically it did a real fine job of autoconfig-ing itself when
 MP> installed, but once it came time to update the kernel, it
"Windowed"
 MP> me.

 MP> I know some wise ass is going to suggest that I compiled it wrong, but
 MP> I didn't do anything except let it install a "security
update."  It did
 MP> it all itself, and now won't even boot so that I can try to fix it.

 MP> What's worse is that the damn thing does not give you a proper root
 MP> account, or even properly-working su capabilities (and the
 MP> "destuctions" on their www site to do either are not
correct), so there
 MP> is not much that can be done but a full re-install, just like damn
 MP> windows.

Does Ubunshit  use lilo or grub?

Might have to boot to a floppy disk, access the drive, reconfigure
lilo/grub and rerun lilo or grub to make it use the new kernel.  

What is happening, is your boot program hasn't loaded the newest kernel,
making it the default.



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