Josh Abrams wrote:
>
> Well,
>
> I've run into a nice problem here.
>
> I built 2.35 and installed it. I updated LILO (uh, oh).
>
> Here's my fdisk table (255 heads, 63 sectors, 525 cylinders)
>
> Device
> /dev/hda1 1 1 13 104878 82 Linux swap
> /dev/hda2 14 14 525 (the rest) 83 Linux native
>
> No DOS partitions on a Fujitsu 4.3 Gb IDE drive.
>
> I built 2.35 and installed it, previously at 2.30. I updated LILO (uh,
> oh).
>
> When I rebooted the new kernel, The following information came up:
>
> Partition check:
> hda: hda1 hda2
> JAVA Binary support v1.01 for Linux 1.3.98 (C)1996 Brian A.Lantz
> [MS-DOS FS Rel. 12 FAT 12, check=n, conv=b, uid=0, gid=0, umask=022]
> [me=0x0, cs=0,#f=0,fs=0,ds=0,de=0,data=0,se=0,ts=0,ls=0]
> Transaction block size=512
> UMSDOS Beta 0.6 (compatibility level 0.4, fast msdos)
> [MS-DOS FS Rel. 12 FAT 12, check=n, conv=b, uid=0, gid=0, umask=022]
> [me=0x0, cs=0,#f=0,fs=0,ds=0,de=0,data=0,se=0,ts=0,ls=0]
> Transaction block size=512
> [MS-DOS FS Rel. 12 FAT 12, check=n, conv=b, uid=0, gid=0, umask=022]
> [me=0x0, cs=0,#f=0,fs=0,ds=0,de=0,data=0,se=0,ts=0,ls=0]
> Transaction block size=512
> Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:02
>
> I then tried booting off hda1 (which is supposed to be my swap partition!)
> for the hell of it and got this:
>
> Partition check:
> hda: hda1 hda2
> JAVA Binary support v1.01 for Linux 1.3.98 (C)1996 Brian A.Lantz
> [MS-DOS FS Rel. 12 FAT 12, check=n, conv=b, uid=0, gid=0, umask=022]
> [me=0xff,
> cs=32385,#f=255,fs=65409,ds=33024,de=65535,data=37215,se=65535,ts=-1,ls=65535]
> Transaction block size=512
> UMSDOS Beta 0.6 (compatibility level 0.4, fast msdos)
> [MS-DOS FS Rel. 12 FAT 12, check=n, conv=b, uid=0, gid=0, umask=022]
> [me=0xff,
> cs=32385,#f=255,fs=65409,ds=33024,de=65535,data=37215,se=65535,ts=-1,ls=65535]
> Transaction block size=512
> [MS-DOS FS Rel. 12 FAT 12, check=n, conv=b, uid=0, gid=0, umask=022]
> [me=0xff,
> cs=32385,#f=255,fs=65409,ds=33024,de=65535,data=37215,se=65535,ts=-1,ls=65535]
> Transaction block size=512
> Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:02
>
> Tried to reboot with my boot disk, but I get the same messages. I can't
> get to my hard drive now, and I got lotsa important stuff on there.
>
> Suggestions on how to proceed? More info needed? I need to save the stuff
> on the drive and I'll do whatever it takes to fix it, even if I have to
> work with a binary/hex dump!
>
> It seems that I need to understand the boot process better, though.
>
> Please reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or the list. Thanks.
SCSI drive ? What SCSI adapter ? built in driver or module ?
Do you have a copy of your lilo.conf ?
Adoram Rogel
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