I had a similar problem a while back after a crash. I booted up in recovery mode using the FC5 install disc, manually mounted the drive in question and found that most of my /etc folder was gone. the whole /etc/init.d folder was gone too, which prevented proper startup and mounting.
Fortunately I keep a copy of the whole /etc in my home folder, I copied it back in and after reboot it was fine. This was on an FC5 box. I'm not sure how the boot disk differs between 3 and 5, but if it has recover option, then go in that way and manually mount the drive to see what is happening. If the boot disc differs, you can plug the drive into another linux box, and mount it from there. It sounds similar to what I had, but unless you check the folder structure to see.... -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 19 October 2006 13:04 To: [email protected] Subject: [qmailtoaster] Off Topic: Recover / on Fedora Core 3 Hello, Got a problem while boot my linux fedora pc. Power failure, mainboard has defect condensators etc Disk ok, boots up but fail to mount ext3 / partition. Tried explore3fs aswell but it says the partition has size problem or so.. Kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel Thanks for any input on howto resolve, atleast recover some of the data. B/R Ole J --------------------------------------------------------------------- QmailToaster hosted by: VR Hosted <http://www.vr.org> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- QmailToaster hosted by: VR Hosted <http://www.vr.org> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
