[ubuntu-uk] kernel deleted and I don't think I can reboot...!!! :/

[Daniel Drummond]

Farran Lee wrote:
> I've had issues with my kernel recently - it had 27-11, -12 and -14
> installed. Every time I installed anything, it always tried to
> regenerate the boot image, and always returned an error saying it had to
> leave the kernel/image/module packages unconfigured.
> Anyway, I tried to fix it... by removing all the images, headers and
> kernels that were extra. Didn't like that. So i forced it to stay on
> version 27-11. Didn't like that either. Now, I've only got the 27-12
> headers installed, because when I install anything else, it says it
> cannot configure it - only the headers of each version will install.
> Now I'm afraid that even if I install the rest of the 27-12 parts, that
> my computer won't turn back on if I reboot it. My computer's currently
> sat here running on -12, not -14 which was newer, making me think that
> maybe -14 isn't bootable atm. I can't install any of the others cos they
> fail in exactly the same way.
> 
> So I have headers, no images and no modules.
> 
> At the very least, can someone tell me if it's safe to turn my pc off
> please?
> 
> Thank you very much
> ===================================
> Farran Lee
> I'm only 16 :P
> 
> 
Have you actually deleted the kernel image ( from /boot) or just the 
sources/headers?