Hello again On Tue, 29 Jun 1999, David Wright wrote:
> Quoting charles kaufman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > "kernel panic:VFS:Unable to mount root fs on 03:03" > > > > Is there somewhere in the kernel that remembers it used to boot from > > /dev/hda3?> > Yes. When you copy a kernel (e.g. I copy /boot/vmlinuz to > c:\loadlin\zimage for loadlin to boot from dos) you need to rdev it. > Type rdev kernel-image to see what it's set to and > rdev kernel-image /dev/hda2 to set it. This saves having to tell it > where root is every time you boot it. Thanks. But the lilo manpage says rdev is no longer needed since the parameters can be set from the lilo prompt. I tried it anyway. With the new drive at /mnt, I did rdev /mnt/vmlinuz /dev/hda2, and rdev -s /mnt/vmlinuz /dev/hda3. I then then reattached the new drive onto the first ide connector and rebooted. It failed in exactly the same way as before. In case they contains any hints, here are the messages which immediately precede the panic: partition check: hda: hda1 hda2 hda3 [MS-DOS FS Rel.12, FAT 12, check=n,conv=b,uid=0,gid=0,umask=022] [me=oxff,cs=32385,#f=255,fs=65409,fl=65409,ds=33024,de=65535,data=37215, se=65635,ts=-1,ls=65535,rc=0,fc=4294967295] Transaction block size=512 UMSDOS Beta 0.6 (compatability level 0.4 fast msdos) the lines from [MSDOS.. to Transaction.. are then repeated, and then it says Kernel panic : VFS Unable to mount root fs on 03:03. Thanks again Chuck Kaufman