Byarlay, Wayne A. wrote:
AHA! I used /dev/hda1 instead of /dev/hda and voila, it mounted... so
now I just need to somehow... rebuild the initrd image for the kernel.
I usually do something like this:
boot rescue CD
- Mount root partition from hard drive on /mnt/root0
- cd /mnt/root
- mount other partitions from hard drive on their appropriate locations in /mnt/root, so if you have a /boot, mount it to /mnt/root/boot, etc.
- chroot /mnt/root
- Now you should be able to run mkinitrd as normal, since you are effectively running off your install on the hard drive.
--[Lance]
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Byarlay, Wayne A. Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2004 11:16 AM To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list Subject: RE: [TriLUG] Re: Kernel Panic - any takers?
What would be the best way to go about Rebuilding using mkinitrd? Is my /dev/hda gone forever? If so, then I will abandon rebuild efforts and use the opportunity to reinstall a newer kernel & go RHE.
I downloaded the "linux system recovery cd", and booted to it. If I try
"mount -t ext3 /test /dev/hda" I get error. VFS: Can't find ext3 filesystem on ide0(3,0). (Could this be a clue?)
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hda, or too
many mounted filesystems
~wab~
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lance A. Brown Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2004 5:36 PM To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list Subject: [TriLUG] Re: Kernel Panic - any takers?
Byarlay, Wayne A. wrote:
...Oh, and the error messages that occur upon an attempted boot are:
Everything looks fine until:
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Creating root device
mkrootedev: label / not found
mounting root filesystem
mount: error 2 mounting ext3
pivotroot: pivot_root(/sysroot, /sysroot/initrd) failed: 2 umount /initrd/proc failed: 2 Freeing unused kernel memory: 132k freed Kernel
panic: no init found. Try passing blah blah blah...
Boot a system rescue CD of some sort and make sure the initrd image for the kernel you are booting from the hard drive still exists. It may have been wiped out in the fsck. If it is gone, you'll have to rebuild it using mkinitrd.
--[Lance]
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