On 2002.01.16 11:24 whyU wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I have just added a CDRW to my Redhat linux box. In order to make the burning
>process better, I have my HDD1 and the CDRW connected to IDE1, HDD2 and CDROM
>connected to IDE2. (Previously HDD1 & 2 connected to IDE1, CDROM IDE2) HDD2 is mainly
>for backup purposes, and most linux files is on HDD1, such as /, /boot, /usr, etc.
> Now when I start again, there is a startup problem. It seems the kernal doesn't
>mount the filesystem. After manually mount some dirs such as /usr, /home, it seems ok
>in text mode, but can't start X. It said something like "Font missing". I wonder what
>has happened, and whether it is necessary to avoid CDRW and CDROM connected to the
>same IDE.
Hi Michael,
Ok, I am assuming ( bad move usually) that what happened is you changed the hardware,
but didn't adjust /etc/fstab.
If so, you have probably swapped /dev/hdb with /dev/hdc ( or similar ), so partitions
are not where the operating system expects them to be.
If this is the case,
boot from a floppy,
edit /etc/fstab changing the hdb[x] to hdc[x] (or whatever)
chroot to where your partition with / is
edit lilo.conf where you will probably have change the root entry.
run lilo
reboot
Of course, it may be something entirely different. :-)
hth
Lawrence
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