On Sat, 15 Sep 2007, Jeremy wrote: > Have you rebooted since the installfest? Oh yes, I turn my computer off most nights. > > A couple things I've seen before: > 1) If you make changes to the kernel, or recompile it, there can be problems > with updates via packaging systems. > 2) If you wait too long to reboot after an upgrade, especially if there are > multiple kernel upgrades in the meantime, you can have kernel images that > don't boot. > > As Eric suggested, booting with an older kernel is a good test. Otherwise, > try a rescue disk and verify that you can access the files. If the files > really aren't there, then you might need to check the SMART data for the > drive. I tried several old kernels and they all fail the same way - see Fri 9/14 list message for messages displayed about errors mounting /root/dev , /sys and /proc. Using the live cd's /proc/partitions I mounted the ones that I concluded were / , /home and /boot successfully. I looked around and they look fine. So the disk looks ok. FRed -- Fred H. Olson Minneapolis,MN 55411 USA (near north Mpls) Communications for Justice -- Free, superior listserv's w/o ads: http://justcomm.org My Link Pg: http://fholson.cohousing.org 612-588-9532 (7am-10pm CST/CDT) Email: fholson at cohousing.org