From: invalid@invalid.invalid   
      
   On Sun, 04 Nov 2012 10:43:35 -0600, TJ  wrote:   
      
   > 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.   
      
   A Microsoft-like solution would have been for the installer to silently   
   decide that what you need is a format of the whole disk, and to place   
   /home in the newly formatted root partition. Then when you discover what   
   happened, a paper clip will pop up, saying "It looks like you're trying to   
   kill yourself, can I help? Arsenic and strychnine are both good choices."   
      
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   Warren Post   
   http://my.opera.com/wpost/   
      
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