Can't Boot after latest Feisty Upgrade

[Patton Echols]

On 04/13/2007 03:58 PM, John Graddy wrote:
> I have just about come to the conclusion that I'm not smart enough to
> use Linux as the OS on my system.
>   

I bet you're doing fine.  I have a couple of general comments, but I'll 
leave the specifics to others since I'm a noob too.
> I have a very fundamental question about the suggestions that I have
> been receiving.  When do I need to go through the update process again?
> For example, when I edit the /etc/network/interfaces, do I need to do go
> through the update process again before I reboot to check out the
> results of the edits that I made.  It's not clear to me if editing a
> data file (e.g. /etc/network/interfaces) effects the boot process of
> whatever kernel I boot, or, do I have to edit the data file and also
> build a new kernel after editing for the changes to take effect?
>   
When you edit the config file, it affects the boot that reads the file.  
Ok, that's probably obvious, but what is going on is that each daemon 
reads it's config when it starts -- and they each start at boot.  But at 
least some daemons can be killed and restarted w/o re-booting (maybe 
all?)  Frankly that is one of the little details that I think makes a 
*nix system so useful.  Something not working?  Fix it on the fly. 

If there are serious exceptions to that rule, maybe someone can mention 
them, or let us know if I'm grossly wrong.

Patton