[Tfug] Debian unable to mount root fs after an update/upgrade

[Stephen Hooper]

On 1/24/07, Christopher Robbins <robbinsc at gmail.com> wrote:

> 2.)  Mount your hard drive, and go to /usr/src/
> 3.)  Find the OLDER version of the kernel (the one with the older version #,
> or the one under /usr/src/linux)

Is that something Debian normally does?  Shouldn't the kernel really
be in a place you know you aren't going to have to mount?  Like maybe
"/boot"?

> 4.)  Change the grub config (assuming you're using grub, under
> /boot/grub/menu.lst) to point to the old version

Assuming "/boot" is mounted, but if he partitioned his drive he will
need to mount it  to make this mod :}