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

[Glen Pfeiffer]

---- Christopher Robbins wrote:
<snip>
 > 1.)  Get a livecd (Knoppix/Ubuntu/Damn Small) and run it
 > 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)
<snip>

/usr/src was empty.


---- Stephen Hooper wrote:
<snip>
 > - Now "mount -a"
 > - Now look in "/boot"
 > - See what changed.  Hopefully Debian tacked on to the grub
 > configuration instead of using it.
<snip>

I did not notice any changes in /boot, other than the obvious due
to chroot.

Do you have any other ideas? BTW - I am using Lilo, grub did not
want to install for me when I built this box.

Thank you both very much for helping.

--
Glen Pfeiffer