Re: Update 10.3 and Now It Wont Boot

Paul Thompson wrote:

Updated from the 2.6.22.13 to the 2.6.22.16 kernel and now it fails to
boot with a "error while parsing number".

Help, any suggestions?

Thanks
Paul

did you compile the kernel and did you recompile the nvidia driver
thats if you used the nvidia driver from their web site.
.

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