On Sun, 2003-07-13 at 13:53, john-paul delaney wrote: > George... > > I didn't get a choice of kernels on the > > kernel / > > prompt. Instead I was prompted with > partition/directory names such as usr tmp var boot > etc. well, I am out of my depth here:-) Maybe tommorrow will bring some more techhies to the list? > Therefore I thought I'd take a chance on a vmlinuz > file in boot. > > Regarding the ext2fs error, on first googling it > appears to point to booting from the wrong partition > or a hardware problem... I unsure of what my next step > should be - concentrating on trying to salvage data > (if possible) or trying to rollback to the system > config before I ran up2date. > > Once again, any other suggestions from the list are > much appreciated. > > /j-p. > > > --- George Nicholls <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun, 2003-07-13 at 12:33, john-paul delaney > > wrote: > > > Thanks George... I typed in: > > > > > > grub> kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-17.7.x > > > > > > then > > > > > > grub> boot > > > > > > and it begins to load the kernel. Unfortunately > > it stops at: > > > > > > EXT2-fs: unable to read superblock > > > isofs_read_super: bread failed, dev=09:02, > > iso_blknum=16, block=32 > > > Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on > > 09:02 > > > > > > > > > Yikes... am I looking at disk corruption? > > > > > > /j-p. > > > > > I am not sure if the comamnd you gave was correct; > > but you should have > > > all kernels visible after grub> kernel / <TAB>. I > > typed in one of the > > > choices exactly. Maybe you should try a 'good' > > kernel, if not done so > > > already. > > > > I am not sure about the errors that you got:-) I > > will need to have a > > look on Google. > > > > G > > > George Nicholls <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > at the grub> enter kernel / ; this should > > give you a chioce of > > > available kernels to boot. > > > > > > Then repeat the command with the correct > > kernel after / > > > > > > then at the grub > boot > > > > > > This should boot you so that you can try > > to edit the grub > > > file. > > > > > > (I assume that you are using grub rather > > than lilo) > > > > > > G :-) > > > > > > On Sun, 2003-07-13 at 11:09, john-paul > > delaney wrote: > > > > I'm in trouble List.... After reading a > > previous message on > > > simply > > > > upgrading the kernel with the up2date -f > > force switch. I > > > tried it and > > > > rebooting gets me immediately to the: > > > > > > > > grub> > > > > > > > > prompt. I'm using rh 7.2. I had upgraded > > the kernel > > > previously from > > > > the redhat network website, and hoped > > for equally successful > > > results > > > > this time. Now I'm stuck, and mail's > > goin' to bounce I'm > > > sure. > > > > > > > > I'd! be grateful for any help to get me > > out of this one. > > > > > > > > thanks > > > > /j-p. > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! > http://sbc.yahoo.com >
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