OK, some progress.
From a Lnx-bbc boot CD, i've tried:

linux root=/dev/hda1

which seems to begin the boot process. I recognise some of the things
that it does during booting (setting the time, smb mounts etc), but I'm
getting *a lot* of errors like:

modprobe: modprobe: Cant open dependencies file
lib/modules/2.4.19-xfs/modules.dep (No such file or directory)

After this, I get the message:

INIT: no more processes left in this run level.

And the machine doesn't do anything else.

Please help!

Brett.

"Brett" <noreply@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:41afaeed$0$8114$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au ...
> OK, I've got a rescue disk, can someone help with some exact
> instructions on how I can run lilo after booting with the rescue
> disks?
>
> Brett.
>
> "Bill Marcum" <bmarcum@iglou.com.urgent> wrote in message
> news:9si382-otg.ln1@don.localnet...
>> On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 13:50:09 +1100, Brett
>> <noreply@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I've just upgraded to the testing debian distrubution after using
>>> woody
>>> for a little while.
>>>
>>> I changed the sources list to testing, did apt-get update and
>>> apt-get -t
>>> testing dist-upgrade
>>>
>>> After a little bit of screwing around, it managed to upgrade
>>> everything,
>>> except now when I reboot, I get the message:
>>>
>>> "Verifying DMA Pool Data...
>>>
>>> LI"
>>>
>>> Looks like it got stuck just as it was starting LILO or something.
>>>
>>> Does anyone know what I should do?
>>>
>> Run /sbin/lilo.
>>
>> --
>> "At a scheduled time, the robot would pull the flush lever and scream
>> as
>> it got sucked down the drain." --Kibo
>
>