[lug] SuSe 9.1 update failure killed Linux

[Hugh Brown]

On Thu, 2006-03-09 at 16:45 -0700, paul nowosielski wrote:
> Dear All,
>  
> I Just ran the suse Linux tool yast and performed software updates. 
> Everything appeared to update fine with no issue. I was prompted to 
> reboot because of the kernel update. When I rebooted
> I now get this error and a total lockup:
> 
> modprobe: FATAL: Error inserting hw_random 
> (/lib/modules/2.6.5-7.252-smp/kernel/drivers/char/hw_random.ko): no such 
> device
> 
> This happens during initialization of eth0 (DHCP).
> Prior to that I get:
> Warning No interface active (yet?) eth0 Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. 
> RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
> 
> Does any one have a suggestion to alleviate this? It seems like Linux is 
> not seeing the ethernet card.
> 
> 
> Thanks you any help.
> 
> best,
> 
> Paul Nowosielski

Do you have a uniprocessor kernel to boot from?  Otherwise, I'd grab a
knoppix (or other live cd) and use it to get the old kernel put back on.

Hugh