yum update - kernel panic on boot

[Bret Stern]

After performing a yum update, this boot message appears.

No volume groups found
Unable to find volume group "VolGroup00"
Unable to access resume device (/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01)
mount: could not find filesystem '/dev/root'

more boot messages
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kernel panic not syncing



Found below thread about this...as a fix.

Append an ".img" to initrd-2.6.15-2.2054_FC5 so GRUB can find it.

Can I use Knoppix or similar to make these changes?

thanks