On 24 Jun 2003 22:17:08 +1000 Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, 2003-06-24 at 21:28, C. Tresenriter wrote: > > I just re-booted to hdd - 9.0 install - to look at settings for sylpheed and play > > with xmms. When I tried to get back into 9.1, it halted with : > > EXT3-fs error (device ide0 (3,1): ext3_get_inode_loc: unable to read inode block - > > inode 259074, block 524290 > > Kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! > > > > Two more attempts gave the same results. > > On a whim, I shutdown, turned the power off, then removed the power and ribbon > > cables and replaced them and it booted normally. > > > > On a number of occasions in the past, on booting into that other os, I wouldn't > > see the hd where Windoze lives (during POST or in the boot menu in BIOS) and found > > that removing and replacing the cables caused it to show up again in both. > > > > Would anyone have a clue what might be happening here? > > BIOS has been flashed with the newest available update. > > > > thanks > > c > > Have you tried turning either off or on the PNP/OS setting? > It's off, haven't treid with it on... a few years ago when I first took the plunge into the Open Source world, I kept reading that it should be off - lots of people were having probs installing Linux and it worked for me too. I suppose with the leaps Linux has made this isn't so critical anymore. I'll try turning it on, but the behavior is intermittent - tiem may tell. c
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