The way you did it won't work because of the way you created the boot
disk (I am assuming that you created the boot disk with the with the
/boot partition on your dead drive).
You can use the rdev command to make corrections to the diskette.
example:
rdev /dev/fd0 /dev/hdb2
In the past, when I repartitioned my hard drive, I booted my distribution
CD, then before it did any work, I used a virtual terminal to get into a
standalone mode. From that mode, you can mount your root partition
and execute some commands, such as LILO and RDEV.
Also, I had a Western Digital 8GB drive go bad, and I sent the drive back
for a replacement at no cost except for my postage sending the drive to
them.
On 2 Feb 2001, at 10:36, Charlie Farinella wrote:
> Good morning, I'm hoping for advice.
>
> My computer at home has 2 hard drives and the master has crashed. The
> secondary drive is partitioned like so:
>
> hdb1 <extended> containing
> hdb5 linux swap
> hdb6 windows data
> hdb7 /home
> hdb8 /opt
> hdb2 /
>
> Lilo is on hdb2.
>
> I created a boot disk with the kernal image from /boot and tried to boot
> from floppy.
> I get this:
> VFS kernel panic open root device 08:34
> unable to mount rootfs on device 08:34
>
> Questions:
> 1: Is there a way for me to boot to Linux so I can use the machine in it's
> present state?
> 2: Any recommendations for a new hard drive?
>
> --charlie
>
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> Charlie Farinella
> Appropriate Solutions, Inc.
> 603-924-6079
>
>
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