[KLUG Members] I messed up my Kernel install

[Richard Harding]

Bruce Smith wrote:

>>>>I installed SuSE 9 on this nice new IBM last night and today attempted 
>>>>to recompile the kernel to 2.6.3. I got things to go well and made it 
>>>>through a make install. I walked away and once I came back it was done. 
>>>>I then decided to reboot and once I could not boot back up realized I 
>>>>forgot the make module_install step.
>>>>
>>>>So my question is now how can I get back to my system to make my modules 
>>>>and complete the kernel upgrade? Any and all help is appreciated. I know 
>>>>I can boot from a install disk, but I am unsure where to go from there.
>>>>
>>>>Thanks a ton for helping me get this running.
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>>>>
>>>Boot under the old/stock kernel.
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>>It is not in the grub menu however so how could I boot to the older kernel?
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>Why not?  Did you remove it from the menu?  
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>Or did you uninstall the stock kernel?
>(if you removed the old kernel, there's no way I can help you via email)
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>If the old kernel's still there, you can go to the grub command prompt
>and type in the commands manually (that used to be in the menu config).
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>Or try booting the SuSE CD/DVD and try some of the recovery options,
>I've never tried them personally, so I don't know if they'll help.
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> - BS
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ok, I managed to boot off the rescue image and restore to the old kernel 
by mounting the drive with mount /dev/hda3 /mnt

Once I did that I build the dependencies and did a new make 
module_install install that loaded up my 2.6.3 kernel. Now I have one 
more problem. In the grub menu I have Linux, Windows, and Failsafe with 
parameters. If I boot to just Linux the screen is just blank. The hard 
drive light goes nuts for a little while before it all just sits dead. 
So I loaded up Failsafe. I played with the parameters and found that if 
I booted without acpi enabled it booted fine.

Any ideas as to how I can find out why acpi is causing me grief and how 
to correct it?

On a second note, when I boot without acpi I can load up X, but my mouse 
no longer works. I never had the trackpoint or touchpad working. I use a 
external USB wireless mouse. I had heard that some of the /dev locations 
changed in 2.6. Anyone know how I can find out where my mouse went to so 
I can get it back again in my X86Free conf?

Thanks for the help.

Rick