I searched Google and other search sites as Sridhar suggested, and found little. Other folks have had this error, but none of the message threads included the solution.
I did discover the actual error is best described by the line: request_module[block-major-7]: Root fs not mounted. The references to "7" and 07:07" are some kind of location descriptors, and the problem is most likely partition related. I booted from a install floppy and got into rescue mode. An "fdisk -l /dev/hda" gives the following: Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 2032 2048224+ c Win95 FAT32 (LBA) Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary: phys=(1022, 15, 63) should be (1022, 31, 63) /dev/hda2 2033 14913 12984048 f Win95 ext'd (LBA) Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary: phys=(1022, 15, 63) should be (1022, 31, 63) /dev/hda5 2033 8128 6144232+ b Win95 FAT32 /dev/hda6 8128 14913 6839752+ b Win95 FAT32 Does anybody know what this means, and if it is related to my problem? And maybe some hints on fixing it? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sridhar Dhanapalan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Mandrake Newbie List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2001 8:51 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Unable to mount root FS on 07:07 > On Sat, 20 Oct 2001 20:28:22 -0700, "" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Help! > > > > I'm running Mandrake's Linux for Windows, and all of a sudden I cannot boot up > > Linux. Boot screens show: > > > > request_module[block-major-7]: Root fs not mounted > > VFS: Cannot open root device 07:07 > > Kernal Panic: VFS: Unable to mount root FS on 07:07 > > > > I did nothing in Linux that I know of; it's possible my daughter booted into > > Linux by mistake and turned off the power to get out of it. (It's hard to get > > a confession out of a 9 year old!) > > > > I added memory since the last time I booted Linux, and I was experimenting > > with a USB tape drive in Windows, but did nothing about it in Linux. And I > > tried removing the USB tape drive and rebooting Linux, to no avail. > > > > I can boot up to an Linux install disk and get to the rescue mode. What do I > > do there? > > I don't know about this specific error, but I have found that Google and Google > Groups can be great for searching for this kind of thing. Go to them and try > entering something like "Unable to mount root FS on 07:07". > > -- > Sridhar Dhanapalan > > The three Rs of Microsoft support: Retry, Reboot, Reinstall. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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