On Wed, 10 Oct 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> The complete message is: Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs
> on 08:15.
>
> It first appeared when I was attempting to test the replacement IBM
> sent me for a failed external SCSI drive. My old system wouldn't
> recognize it at all. W2k on this one first recognized it, then
> didn't the next try. Both Adaptec SCSI cards recognized it. When I
> tried Linux, the above message appeared and now I can't boot Linux
> from diskette, CD, or hard drive. I thought that by booting from
> diskette I could re-load from CD, but it doesn't want to play that
> way.
>
> Any suggestions? System has an Athlon 1GHz, Seagate 18Gb SCSI,
> Iomega USB CD-RW.
>
Let me make sure I understand what is going on. You have a system with
a SCSI hard drive that failed. You have put in a replacement drive.
You had Linux installed on the old hard drive. You are trying to boot
Linux from a boot floppy you made when you installed Linux.
If I have the facts correct, then you will not be able to boot with the
boot floppy you have, because it is designed to work with the
installation that was on the old hard drive. (08:15 should be
/dev/sda15.) You are going to have to re-install Linux, and then
restore your data from backup, unless you are set up to restore the hard
drive without Linux being installed. There are several packages that
will do this, but most (all?) require you to set things up before the
system dies.
Now, if this was an operational system before you attached the externel
drive to it, and it stopped working when you added the drive, then I
would check the SCSI ID to make sure you do not have two devices with
the same SCSI ID. Then double check your termination to make sure you
have the SCSI chain terminated on both ends, and noware else. If you
have both internel and externel devices, that means you have the devices
farthest from the controller card terminated, and you do not have
termination active on the card. If you only have the externel drive,
then that drive and the card require termination.
Mikkel
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Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons,
for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.
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