Hello everyone, Hi, >From the boot time messages I was getting ( which I also included in my last post on this topic ) I figured out that the problem was most probably due to the fact that my system mounted the root file system in read only mode. Consequently, I gave the following parameter at LILO boot prompt : LILO : Linux rw ( i.e., I told LILO to load Linux root file system in read / write mode.) This worked !! I was able to boot into Linux and do the usual work. BUT, in order to boot, now I have to give the 'rw' parameter, otherwise I get the same old problem. Besides, even if I give the 'rw' parameter at LILO prompt, the boot process waits forever after giving the following message : _______________________________________ Mounting proc filesystem [OK] Configuring Kernel Parameters [OK] <Cursor keeps blinking here> _______________________________________ Booting continues only after I press Ctrl-C. But *most importantly* , the fact that is disturbing me is that at every boot the system mounts the root fs two times thus : ___________________________________________ VFS : Mounted root (ext2 filesystem ). autodetecting RAID arrays autorun . . . . . . autorun DONE. VFS : Mounted root (ext2 filesystem). change_root : old root has d_count = 1. Trying to unmount old root . . . okay ___________________________________________ *Can anyone tell me WHAT is actually happening.* Regards, Santanu Chatterjee. ---------------------------------------------- Find out more about this and other Linux India mailing lists at http://lists.linux-india.org/
