---- Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 08:40:51AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Last night, I (foolishly) added a couple of items (hda=noprobe hdb=noprobe) > > to the "append" line of lilo.conf without testing them first, and now the > > boot process panics with: > > > > Cannot open root device "hda2" or unknown-block(0,0) > > Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on > > unknown-block(0,0) > > > > So, is there any way, at the boot prompt, to tell Lilo not to append any > > options? (No help from Google; my Google Fu must be weak this morning.) > > Run lilo again after rebooting :)
Grrrr. > You can boot your system by rescue CDs. Grub CD is one good one. On my (work-only) Windows machine, Roxio fails to burn a standard Debian LiveCD ISO to a CD-R disk using a DVD/CD-R/W drive. Most frustrating. > http://people.debian.org/~osamu/pub/getwiki/html/ch04.en.html#stagecthebootloader > http://people.debian.org/~osamu/pub/getwiki/html/ch05.en.html#securingtherootpassword > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]