JJ> Thanks for everyone's help with this problem. Yes, unfortunately I did JJ> update the kernel with MandrakeUpdate. I was apprehensive but went JJ> ahead, assuming it wouldn't be available through Update if that wasn't a JJ> recommended method. Yep, big mistake it seems.
JJ> Anyway, I looked at the example you cited below, but I don't know how to JJ> do this since I can't execute any commands; I just get the error message JJ> and nothing (no prompt). Not even a LILO prompt - just the "LILO JJ> loading linux..." message. I can't check /etc/lilo.conf as someone JJ> suggested, for the same reason. JJ> I did try the linux boot disk, as someone else suggested. At the JJ> "boot:" prompt, I just typed "linux", and then got a bunch of OK JJ> messages, ending in this: JJ> --- JJ> autodetecting RAID arrays JJ> autorun ... JJ> ... autorun DONE. JJ> VFS: Cannot open root device 03:41 JJ> Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:41 JJ> --- JJ> At that point, the system ceases activity. At the "boot:" prompt, there JJ> was a message saying that it was going to check "/dev/hdb1", which I'm JJ> not sure is correct. Any further tips would be appreciated. JJ> thanks, JJ> Joe Just tell the lilo in your boot disk "which partition is your root (/) partition" Say, if your "/" partition is /dev/hda5, then boot with linux root=/dev/hda5 Onur Kucuk _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
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