On Sat, Mar 03, 2007 at 11:19:53PM +0100, Joe Hart wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Thomas H. George wrote: > > I built a new computer with two hard drives and installed XP Home > > Edition on the first drive. The second drive contains my Debian system > > - kernel 2.6.17 and Testing. I intended to use disc 1 of a Sarge > > installation set as a rescue disk to access hdb and run lilo to convert > > this box to a dual boot box. > > > > boot: rescue=/dev/hdb5 failed. > > > > During the load > > > > "Partition Check > > hdd > > hde: hde1 > > hdf: hdf1,hdf2 < hdf5, hdf6, hdf7, hdf8 >" > > > > so I tried. > > > > boot: rescue=/dev/hdf5 > > > > which stopped with > > > > "Warning: Unable to open and initial console > > Kernel Panic: No init found. Try passing an init= option to the > > kernel" > > > > I don't know why the letters changed and what init option I should use. > > The hard drives are master and slave on ide 1. There are two > > connectors, ide 1 and ide 2 on the motherboard. > > > > The motherboard is KA3 MVP and the processor is an AMD Athlon 64 3800. > > > > (Note: Only the Debian Sarge disc knows what's out there. My Knoppix > > CD, my bbc-2.1 CD, my Damn Small Linux CD and two Debian boot floppies > > all fail.) > > > > How can I regain access to my Debian system? > > > > I hate to suggest yet another distro for you, but perhaps grml can help > you. It's one of the best recovery systems that is widely used by > sysadmins.
Thanks. Grml is great, more powerful than the outdated bbc. My problem is not yet fully solved but I'm on my way. Tom > > You definately need to boot some linux to reinstall grub or lilo. > > Joe > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFF6fSJiXBCVWpc5J4RAiKmAJ9jKs3yOWcXbSYwGQBfWOX4R3mYTACgjNpW > 8s+oJxOFlX//dFovNpUsAtY= > =Z4el > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]