----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 6:39 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Help! Linux won't boot! --More Info!!
> > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Marc Resnick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Monday, February 9, 2004 4:12 pm > Subject: [newbie] Help! Linux won't boot! Someone experienced in partitions and hard drives ! > > > Okay here's what I did this time. Partition Magic wouldn't resize > > my Linux partition, and I needed more space. So I created a FAT32 > > partition for some extra storage. Everything went fine creating > > it. I restarted, and tried to boot Linux, but I got a Linux Ext2 > > mounting error. It said there was a Kernel Panic Error(which > > sounds pretty pad) and I should try passing intrd= into the > > kernel, or something like that. So then I figured I'd delete the > > partition, cause maybe linux wasn't recognizing it, then I'd > > create it through Linux. So I go into PM in Windows, and it won't > > delete it because it's an 'unrecognized format'. There were no > > errors it picked up though. So then I tried formatting it to NTFS, > > thinking it might recognize that. I formatted it, tried deleting > > it, and I got the same error. Any ideas on what I should do? > > > > Quick answer would be nice, > > Marc > > > > Okay so I tried again, and I found that the message is "Try passing init= option to kernel." So at Lilo, I press esc. I typed linux init=/dev/hda7. Then I tried /dev/hda5. Then I tried hda5 and hda7. In case you haven't figured it out yet, my Linux partition is hda5, my root partition is hda7(I think). I have no boot disk, because I have no floppy drive, so no solution there. Anyone have any ideas? > > > Well I tried booting with the MDK cd 1. I booted from cdrom and chose the upgrade option. As soon as I got to partitioning, I got the error 'Could not mount hda5', and I could do nothing about it. Please tell me I'm not going to have to reinstall Linux. An easy solution would be much nicer. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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