My disk setup: # fdisk -l Disk /dev/hda: 40.0 GB, 40020664320 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4865 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 2433 19543041 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/hda2 2434 2446 104422+ 83 Linux /dev/hda3 2447 4735 18386392+ 83 Linux /dev/hda4 4736 4865 1044225 f Win95 Ext'd (LBA) /dev/hda5 4736 4865 1044193+ 82 Linux swap Maybe this might be of interest too: # cat /etc/fstab LABEL=/ / ext3 defaults 1 1 LABEL=/boot /boot ext3 defaults 1 2 none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 /dev/hda5 swap swap defaults 0 0 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom udf,iso9660 noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0 /dev/cdrom1 /mnt/cdrom1 udf,iso9660 noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,owner,kudzu 0 0 /dev/hdb1 /mnt/storage1 auto rw,noexec,uid=500,gid=500 0 0 /dev/hdb5 /mnt/storage2 auto rw,noexec,uid=500,gid=500 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/winxp ntfs ro,noexec,uid=500,gid=500 0 0 On Sat, 2004-01-17 at 14:25, David Jackson wrote: > > timeout=10 > > splashimage=(hd0,1)/grub/splash.xpm.gz > > title Fedora Core (2.4.22-1.2149.nptl) > > root (hd0,1) > > kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.22-1.2149.nptl ro root=LABEL=/ hdd=ide-scsi > > rhgb > > initrd /initrd-2.4.22-1.2149.nptl.img > > title Windows XP > > rootnoverify (hd0,0) > > chainloader +1 > > >> > These messages show up when the pc boots, been like that since I > >> > installed, any ideas where I should look to figure this one out? > >> > > >> > Welcome to Fedora Core > >> > Press 'I' to enter interactive startup. > >> > umount2: Invalid argument > >> > umount: /initrd: not mounted > >> > umount2: Invalid argument > >> > umount: /initrd: not mounted > >> > Configuring kernel parameters: [ OK ] > > As far as Linux is concerned how is you disk setup: > /boot = /dev/hda2 > / = /dev/hda3 > /swap = /dev/hda4 > > It's trying to mount /initrd as a partition? If you see "/initrd" in > /etc/fstab and it's pointing to a partition that doesn't exist comment it > out "#". > > Dave >
