hi well said purely it is problem with /etc/fstab apply according to --srinivas
prasanth g <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: thats fine my dear friend, no problem with ur ram, it is problem with ur fstab. put the first cd and boot under rescue mode then after u get the promt type chmod /mnt/sysimage then vi /etc/fstab give correct mount point and then reboot it will work prasanth 9994054228 On 4/13/06, Suman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi , > > I am running debian unstable on Acer laptop. Things were working fine > until yesterday morning, when the laptop refused to boot. > > The errors i am getting are strange: > > - If i run in the regular boot level, the system boots, but for some > reason does not mount the /usr or /home(both reiserfs). Mount says > that it does not know type reiserfs. It also failed to load ide_* > modules. Similarly all the devices fail to initialise. After a while > i get a shell with only /(ext3) as mounted. > > Every 5 minutes i get the message "INIT: Id "SV" respawning too fast, > disabled for 5 minutes. I can,t check the logs because my /var is on > /home. > > - When i try to boot into init=1 , i get a Kernel Panic which says: > "/usr/lib/yaird/exec/run_init:1: No such file. > Kernel Panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!" > > - Windows seems to work fine.(dual boot) > > Similarly no run level seems to work. > > I tried googling a bit and the possible reasons were: > > - Harddisk failure : tested all partitions except / and found no bad > blocks. I tried using badblocks <partition mame>. Is this test good > enough? How do i test the root partition for badblocks? > - RAM : Checked with memtest. Looks good > > - Rootkit: Read somewhere that someone has installed a rootkit on my > machine. I can't check this, but is there such a possibility. The only > way if anyone can install it is via an irc, but i feel that it is > secure. How can i check this, since i cant run ant rootkit detection > programs. > - Corrupt files in /boot like system.map etc.. I am not sure how to test > it. > > Any pointers will be helpful. Also, is this likely to be a hardware > failure or a linux corruption? > > -Suman > > > ----------------------------------------------- > Next Meeting as on our Website: http://ilughyd.org.in > ----------------------------------------------- > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ----------------------------------------------- Next Meeting as on our Website: http://ilughyd.org.in ----------------------------------------------- --------------------------------- YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "ilughyd" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. --------------------------------- --------------------------------- New Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Call regular phones from your PC and save big. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ----------------------------------------------- Next Meeting as on our Website: http://ilughyd.org.in ----------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ilughyd/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
