I was running slackpkg under 14.2, but halfway through the downloads, it got md5sum errors and so only half of them downloaded. The md5sum thing usually happens when (I assume) the mirror is refreshing or some such, because when it happens, I just try again a day later and it's fine. This time, it happened halfway through downloading a kernel update.

Not thinking, I ran upgrade-all and reran LILO. Since it was a partial kernel upgrade, it now doesn't boot like it used to:
1. During boot-up the frame buffer mode doesn't activate; who knows what else isn't working!
2. At the login prompt, it won't let me type anything; the cursor just sits there--I can't even ctl-alt-delete, and must power cycle to reboot.

Best I can do is boot into the install CD, but what can I do from here to restore, recover or rerun the slackpkg to complete the partial download? I'm hoping I don't have to reinstall.

I had to clean up after installing mis-downloaded packages once. It'd be nice if upgradepkg/installpkg would check first. Now I download upgrades, check them, install them only if they check out.

Well, I would try something like :
- Put the last kernel packages somewhere you will be able to access (usb drive, share net directory, ...)
- Boot with install CD or install USB drive.
- mount your / partition (and mount -o bind /[dev|proc|sys] /mnt/[dev|proc|sys])
- chroot your / partition
- upgradepkg all kernel packages.
- build the initrd if necessary.
- rerun lilo
- exit and reboot.

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I suggest to OP to use instead of installation media the Eric's LIVESLAK, like this one: http://bear.alienbase.nl/mirrors/sla...ve-current.iso

Let's be honest, a shiny KDE4 desktop booted from an USB stick is much more friendly than the spartan installer's shell.

lougavulin, thank you so much for your help! Your suggestion worked perfectly, though I changed it somewhat by trying to just rerun slackpkg:
1. Boot into install CD.
2. Mount / and dev, proc, sys as you directed under /mnt.
3. chroot /mnt
4. ip link set eth0 up
5. dhcpcd eth0
6. Run slackpkg: update, upgrade-all.

I'm Slack-happy again!

It might be an idea to blacklist kernel updates through slackpkg (see /etc/slackpkg/blacklist) and download new kernel packages manually as they appear.

You can then use installpkg to install rather than upgrade them and keep the existing working kernel as a fallback (list it first in lilo or grub or whatever you may be using so it boots by default).

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