I have destroyed my system ... HELP

[vipinr]

ok its official.. i have done it...
first i tried mem= 128M option. got a general protection fault..
so i decide to continue with 64 mb ram...
now the download was big.. so i decided to check out my linux install disks..
in disk 2 i found a folder /Preview/RPMS and SRPMS

now here i found a kernel 2.4.0-0.26_i686.rpm
unsatusfuied dependency : devfsd

so i look around and find devfsd 2.4.xx but that requires kernel > 2.3.xx
(mine is 2.2.16-22)

so i thought .. what the hell.. and i force installed devfsd ( Big Mistake .. Maybe) and so i could insstall the kernel...

now thew troubles begin..
i rebooted only to see my lilo loader stop at LIL-
so i put in my install disk and ran an upgrade... installed all the kernels i could find.. enterprise smb and stuff. and a lot more..

so i booted backk and i was back on my 2.2.16-22 . by then i realised that i had to update my lilo with my current kernel...
so once again.. i tried the same..
this time.. i edited my lilo entry through linux conf to say image = /boot/vmlinuz 2.2.16-22 to /boot/vmlinuz 2.4.0-0.26
else all the same..

and so my box booted but then there goes everything else...
my usb controller didnt satart.. cannot find /lib/modules/some module
my sound didnt start - same problem
and my fat32 drives... a whole lot of them didnt get automounted.. some incorrect minor number...

setup to the rescue...

my current condition..
my kernel is back to 2.2.16-26
i have recovered my usb controller...
i can configure sound using sndconfig
i cannot still mount any of my drives..
and my mem is still 64 mb


now all i can say is.... HELP...

[Dolda2000]

The most efficient way to make sure it works is to download the latest kernel source: ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kerne...2.4.20.tar.bz2. Now that is a 27 MB download, though, so I'm not sure that you'll like the idea.
If you decide to do it, read the Kernel-HOWTO on tldp.org.

[vipinr]

ty dolda...

lets see if i can get a newer kernel.. i ll just buy the latest distro... would be much cheaper...

however for now... i do have the system running..

how do i mount my other partitions.. the ones it gives incorrect minor number...
have i screwed up my fat tables??

cause now i am under win 2k server and i can access these partitions.. and they do contain a lot of required files

[Dolda2000]

No, you haven't screwed anything permenently. Just give the exact error message that you get when you're mounting the drives and I'll try to help.

[vipinr]

hey all.. sorry for the daly in posting.. i was just looking at some stuff and i found out that it was actually a problem of devfsd that i had installed for installing kernel 2.4.0-0.26 now i am back to kernel 2.2.16-22( sucks i know...) and i guess im happy..

things seem ok now..

incidentally i installed kde2 a pre release i guess,, so is linux trying to look more like windows,,,, but frankly... i love the support for scroll mouse..

[vipinr]

hey all.. sorry for the daly in posting.. i was just looking at some stuff and i found out that it was actually a problem of devfsd that i had installed for installing kernel 2.4.0-0.26 now i am back to kernel 2.2.16-22( sucks i know...) and i guess im happy..

things seem ok now..

incidentally i installed kde2 a pre release i guess,, so is linux trying to look more like windows,,,, but frankly... i love the support for scroll mouse..

thanx guys