i am unable to boot from /dev/hda. i have a boot disk and that worked. i am trying to figure out why i cannot boot from the hard drive. i have compaired this to a machine that boots but i cannot figure out what is wrong. help!!
my root filesystem looks like: server:/# ls backuphda1 bin dev initrd mnt sbin var backuphda2 boot etc initrd.img opt server.cfg vmlinuz backuphda3 cdrom floppy lib proc tmp vmlinuz.old backuphda5 core.287 home lost+found root usr my boot file system looks like: server:/boot# ls -l total 5074 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 272725 Jan 31 08:02 System.map- 2.2.20 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 407266 Apr 14 2002 System.map- 2.4.18-586tsc -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7988 Apr 13 2002 boot-bmp.b -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6204 Apr 13 2002 boot-compat.b -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7964 Apr 13 2002 boot-menu.b -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6204 Apr 13 2002 boot-text.b -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 512 Jan 31 08:37 boot.0300 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Jan 31 08:36 boot.b -> boot-menu.b -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 728 Apr 13 2002 chain.b -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 14979 Jan 31 08:02 config-2.2.20 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 37091 Apr 13 2002 config-2. 4.18-586tsc -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2703360 Feb 1 09:43 initrd.img- 2.4.18-586tsc drwx------ 2 root root 12288 Jan 31 07:56 lost+found -rw------- 1 root root 49664 Feb 1 09:44 map -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 656 Apr 13 2002 os2_d.b -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1005181 Jan 31 08:02 vmlinuz-2.2.20 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 626776 Apr 14 2002 vmlinuz-2. 4.18-586tsc # /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> /dev/hda3 / ext2 errors=remount-ro 0 1 /dev/hda6 none swap sw 0 0 proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/fd0 /floppy auto user,noauto 0 0 /dev/cdrom /cdrom iso9660 ro,user,noauto 0 0 /dev/hda1 /boot ext2 defaults 0 2 /dev/hda2 /home ext2 defaults 0 2 /dev/hda5 /usr ext2 defaults 0 2 /dev/hdc1 /backuphda1 ext2 defaults 0 0 /dev/hdc2 /backuphda2 ext2 defaults 0 0 /dev/hdc3 /backuphda3 ext2 defaults 0 0 /dev/hdc5 /backuphda5 ext2 defaults 0 0 when i try to mount to the /dev/hdc drive, i get this error: server:/boot# mount -a mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdc1, or too many mounted file systems (could this be the IDE device where you in fact use ide-scsi so that sr0 or sda or so is needed?) mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdc2, or too many mounted file systems (could this be the IDE device where you in fact use ide-scsi so that sr0 or sda or so is needed?) mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdc3, or too many mounted file systems (could this be the IDE device where you in fact use ide-scsi so that sr0 or sda or so is needed?) mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdc5, or too many mounted file systems (could this be the IDE device where you in fact use ide-scsi so that sr0 or sda or so is needed?) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]