Can't restart after having changed swap with fdisk

[FUN]

Hello,

I'm a Newbie on Linux.

I've installed the Debian (etch) on a partition of my computer which was set up as follow:

hda1 NTFS (For WindowsXP (I said I'm a newbie on Linux )
hda3 ext3 (100Mo for /boot with grub)
hda5 NTFS (My "Windows"-Data Partition)
hda6 swap (1'000 Mo)
hda7 Linux (Debian)

PURPOSE:
I wanted to delete the swap partition to create a litte 50 Mo FAT 16 partition and create a new swap with what remains of memory.

HOW I DID IT:
I started by desactivating my swap with the "swapoff" command

After that, I used "fdisk" to:
1) erase ("d" command) my old swap, hda6
(Note: hda7 (Linux) so became hda6)
2) create ("n" command) a new FAT 16 ("t" command) disk, hda7, with 50 Mo
3) create ("n" command) a new swap partition ("t" command, then 82) with what remains of memory (950 Mo)
4) update the old partition table ("w" command)

I wanted to do a "swapon", but it didn't work. So I thought I had to reboot in order the new partition table to be considerated. So I reboot.

THE PROBLEME
After the reboot, it doesn't continue. I have following screen:

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./.
Target filesystem doesn't have /sbin/init

BusyBox v1.01 (Debian 1:1.01-4) Built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.

/bin/sh: can't access tty: job control turned off
/ #

Could somebody please help me and explain what to do (with details as I am a newbie ) in order my computer to finish the boot ?

Thanks in advance for any help

Best regards

FUN


Ps: Sorry for my bad english => I'm Swiss

[Ryujin]

My guess would be that your Debian root partition changed and your grub config is pointing to the wrong partition, double check your /boot/grub/menu.lst and look at the entry for Debian and make sure it is pointing to the right partition