>>>>> "Kevin" == Kevin Freeman <kfreem02@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
Kevin> On Tue, 2004-11-16 at 07:55 +0000, Colin Paul Adams wrote:
>> root (hd0,4) configfile /etc/grub.conf
>>
>> (Disk has FC1 on it, if that is relevanet).
>>
>> This then attempts to boot a kernel (I'm not presented with a
>> grub menu - I guess there's only one kernel present).
>>
>> But fails with a message something like:
>>
>> Disk (hd1,4) not found.
>>
Kevin> OK, so this time Murphy's Law is working overtime. Boot
Not yet it isn't! :-)
Kevin> with the floppy and this time enter: root (hd0,4) cat
Kevin> /etc/grub.conf
Kevin> Now you need to duplicate the kernel and initrd lines that
Kevin> were printed by the cat command: kernel
Kevin> /vmlinuz-some-version and some params initrd
Kevin> /initrd-some-version.img
Kevin> Note: use tab completion to save some typing and prevent
Kevin> mistakes.
Kevin> After entering the commands above for root, kernel and
Kevin> initrd grub is now ready to resurrect your FC installation.
Kevin> Enter the command boot and press enter.
All done successfully.
Kevin> Once the system boots,
assumptions, assumptions....
NOW Murphy is kicking good and proper. Here are the last few messages
from the console:
Mounting root filesystem.
EXT3-fs: unable to read superblock
mount: error 22 mounting ext3
pivotroot: pivot_root(/sysroot,/sysroot/initrd) failed: 2
umount /initrd/proc failed: 2
Freeing unused kernel memory: 168k freed
Kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel.
I tried the above with two different kernels (there's 4 or 5 installed
- all FC1).
Now, I mentioned before that I was able to mount the root file system on my
other computer OK, so I'm rather puzzled by the failure to find the
superblock.
Is there anything I can do at this stage?
--
Colin Paul Adams
Preston Lancashire
