From: TJ@noneofyour.business   
      
   On 11/04/2012 10:07 AM, Daniel47@teranews.com wrote:   
   > Adam wrote:   
   >> Daniel47@teranews.com wrote:   
   >>> I have considered re-installing 2009 from the DVD, but then I will not   
   >>> have the internet connection stuff that my ISP did several years ago!!   
   >>   
   >> I've found that sometimes using the install DVD to do an "upgrade" to   
   >> the same version fixes boot problems without clobbering anything that's   
   >> already installed.  (I can't promise anything, though!)  I also agree   
   >> with the others that as soon as you have the time, you should replace   
   >> Mandriva 2009 with something newer, such as 2011.   
   >>   
   >> Adam   
   >   
   > Thanks for this suggestion, Adam. I'll keep it in mind.   
   >   
   > And, yes, at the same time as fixing my 2009 (which used to boot...when   
   > I could get to it), I'm attempting to get internet operation on 2011!   
   >   
   > Daniel   
   >   
   I had a (somewhat) similar problem with a recent major Mageia 2 update   
   which included a new kernel. But mine was different in that the update   
   was interrupted for unknown (to me) reasons right in the middle of it.   
   When I attempted a reboot, neither kernel would finish the boot, but   
   each would stop at a different point. Safe mode didn't help, neither did   
   booting with the DVD.   
      
   Not knowing what might be bad and what might not be, and knowing that I   
   know too little not to miss something that would bite me in the ass   
   later, I opted for a clean install (retaining /home) and updated that. A   
   very Microsoft-like solution, but it did the trick.   
      
   TJ   
      
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