I was experimenting with different video modes and I can no longer boot my system. I was passing different modes at the prompt, and used 'scan' from the video mode menu. I chose a mode and couldn't see anything so I gave the machine a clt-alt-del. Now I can't boot either of my two kernels (2.2.20 & 2.4.18) from lilo, I get the following messages:
(2.4.18) Partition check: /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0: [PTBL] [4866/255/63] p1 p3 < p5 p6 p7 > /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0: [PTBL] [1046/255/63] p1 p2 p3 p4 < p5 p6 p7 > cramfs: wrong magic Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 3:46 (2.2.20) [MS-DOS FS Rel. 12, FAT 12, Check=n, conv=b, uid=0, gid=0, umask=022, bmap] [me=0x0, cs=0, #f=0, fs=0, f1=0, ds=0, de=0, data =0, se=0, ts=0, ls=0, rc=0, fc=42949672 Transaction block size = 512 Invalid session number or type of track Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 3:46 If I use the debian boot disk I get this messsge: request_module[nls_cp437]: Root fd not mounted Unable to load NLS charset cp437 VFS: Mounted root (msdos filesystem) readonly. Freeing unused kernel memory: 72k freed Warning: unable to open an initial console. Kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel. I'm not sure why there's mention of 'MS-DOS FS' since all of my dos partitions are on /dev/hda and linux boots from /dev/hdb. Could I have reset the computer while lilo was writing to the bootsector? Neal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
