On Sat, 18 Jun 2005 14:47:51 -0500 Martin McCormick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I successfully installed Debian from a CDROM burned from the image > > debian-31r0a-i386-binary-1.iso > > I then tried to install a 2.6.5 kernel on that system and must > have incorrectly modified /boot/grub/menu.lst because the system > doesn't boot. I did think to make a backup of the original menu.lst > file but then I discovered that if I boot from the Debian installation > CDROM, I can't seem to use the shell one can spawn to mount any file > systems. Is it possible to use that disk as a repair disk? If so, > what am I missing? The drive is already formatted and only needs to > be mounted so I can do the 5-second mv operation that I now have spent > about 6 hours trying to accomplish. > > If that disk isn't a good repair disk, is there an image I can > download which understands the ext3 file system? > > One other thing that may complicate this request is that I > need to do this via the serial console. The installation CD I burned > from the image indicated above lets one do this all right so what I > need is something like that that will let me directly mount the root > file system. Thanks for any help. > Look for this on lwn.net.. (pretty sure this is where I got my copy) tomsrtbt-2.0.103.tar.gz It's a floppy disk linux ... boot from it, mount your /boot partition and restore your menu.lst.. I've had to do the same thing when it got trashed trying to get it to do a splashimage... :-( Anyway.. it works great as a safe way to boot and do repairs without having to boot a full Live CD like Knoppix or something.. I keep the floppy in my top left desk drawer cause I'm always muckin with things and heaven knows I've screwed up on more than one occasion.. -- Cheers: Mike .. Now, a little humor compliments of Linux Fortune... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
