Re: rescue with rescue floppy - Debian testing

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To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Date: Fri, 03 Dec 2004 09:33:04 -0500

Mr. Jan Hearthstone wrote:

> I was "dist-upgrade"-ing and during the process I
> was adviced that I was re-installing the existing
> kermel-image-2.6.8-1-386, and that I was to reboot as
> soon as possible, which I did as soon as the next item
> (Lilo) started being upgraded.
> To no avail! During the start up I get message
> "Error -3 while decompressing!"
> "c034ad04 (-289792904)->c108a000(4096)"
> "Error -3 while decompressing!"
> "c034a8f0(-417786125)->c21e2000(4096)"
> "request-module: runaway loop modprobe
> binfmt-0000"
> "request-module: runaway loop modprobe
> binfmt-0000"
> "request-module: runaway loop modprobe
> binfmt-0000"
> "request-module: runaway loop modprobe
> binfmt-0000"
>
> ... and then nothing moves at all.
>
> So I tried the "boot" and "root" floppies, but the
> thing insists that I repartition! (And lose
> everything!)

Try booting with a LiveCD (such as Knoppix). You can then chroot to your
hard drive and fix the problem.

Adam

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