> I tried using grub to attempt to boot. I set up the following based on (1) > what I saw using the knoppix disk that the internal drives were mounted on > /media/sda5 and /media/sdb1...../media/sda5 has the normal linux file system > and sdb1 has my backup folders, and (2) grub's tab completion. > > grub> root (hd0,4) > grub> kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.21-1-686 root =/dev/sda5 > grub> initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.26-1-686 > grub> boot > > I get as far as: > Kernel panic: not syncing: VFS unable to mount rootfs on unknown block(0,0)
Ok, so it sounds like grub is finding your root partition fine, but the kernel isn't. I see above that you indicated you are specifying a 2.6.21 kernel and a 2.6.26 initrd image. That is most likely not going to work. Have you tried setting those version numbers the same on any of the alternative kernels you've tried? tim _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
