Re: grub.conf emptied, and now i get kernel panic?

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On Sat, 2005-08-27 at 01:37 +0930, Tim wrote:
> !down upside read don't I, post top not do Please
> 
> 
> Kahn Seidl:
> 
> > /dev/hda1               1        1912    15358108+   7  HPFS/NTFS
> > /dev/hda2            1913        1925      104422+  83  Linux
> > /dev/hda3   *        1926        3850    15462562+  83  Linux
> > /dev/hda4            3851        7296    27679995    5  Extended
> > /dev/hda5            3851        7296    27679963+  8e  Linux LVM
> 
> Looks like hda3 is the /boot partition, unless you've accidentally made
> the wrong partition active.  I'd be guessing your partitions are
> something like this:
> 
> hd0,0 or hda1  Windows
> hd0,1 or hda2  something for Linux
> hd0,2 or hda3  /boot
based on size of the partition I would guess hda2 (~100MB) is /boot and
hda3 (~15GB) is / (or something else linux).

He could boot to rescue mode to check that out.



> hd0,4 or hda5  logical volume containing / and most other partitions
> 
> And I'd expect grub.conf to be something like:
> 
> root (hd0,2)
>   kernel /vmlinuz-something ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00
>   initrd /initrd-something.img
> 
> (With the "something" being whatever version numbers for your installed
> kernel.  Boot the rescue disc and list the contents of the partitions to
> find what's on them.)
> 
> On the other hand, if hda2 is your /boot partition, try replacing "root
> (hd0,2)" with "root (hd0,1)".
> 
> > please note this is from a freshly installed fc4, not fc3.   I would like to 
> > retrieve my fc3 back.
> 
> Huh?  You've installed 4, this is 4, onto the same drive replacing it,
> and you want us to help you get 3 back?  How?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ... Argh, top posting with lots of unnecessary extra included.  It's a
> bugger to read, and means huge bloated messages on a message list with
> LOTS of traffic.  Not a good thing.  Trim out extra stuff, reply below
> the parts you're directly replying to.  It makes life easier for
> everyone, particularly those most likely to help you.
> 
> -- 
> Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored.
> I read messages from the public lists.
> 


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