Try this
At the boot prompt
boot : linux single root=/dev/hda2 initrd=
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then You'll get bash shell
Just see in the /boot partition if boot.0300 file exits.
if yes
# dd if=/boot/boot.0300 of=/dev/hda bs=446 count=1
# /sbin/lilo
#reboot
regards
Arti
S r e e k a n t h wrote:
> yesterday, i installed Mandrake 7.2 in my system. My system configuration
> is i810, 10GB HDD, 96MB RAM...The installation went smoothly and even the
> lilo boot came. But, when i try to boot in to Linux, it gets stuck...
> the last messages are as follows:
>
> ........
> ........
> Kernel Panic: Attempted to kill the idle task!
> In swapper task - not syncing
> ........
>
> the partitions of Harddisk are as follows:
>
> hda1 4000MB win95 FAT32
> hda2 25MB /boot Linux native
> hda5 3000MB / Linux native
> hda6 1000MB /home Linux native
> hda7 200MB Linux swap
>
> I tried to install again 2-3 times. but, i am getting the same problem
> with booting.
>
> Why is it not booting properly? Is it due to partitions or something else?
> Please help me to overcome this problem.
>
> thanks in advance...
> Sreekanth
>
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