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+-------[ Edmund L. Wong ]----------------------
|
| I am able to get myself to a single-user prompt as
| root, but not much else.  Does anyone have any
| suggestions as to how I can salvage this?  Or will I
| have to reinstall anew?

Boot from a live/fixit CD/floppy, and mount your drives and rebuild and 
install the kernel?

Having a bootable live cd around can be a lifesaver.

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