In gmane.linux.debian.user, you wrote: > > After a power outage, my system (sarge) is not booting properly. > > Once it starts to boot, it no longer boots from /boot, but "/" instead, > which leads to /usr, & /home not being mounted. > > I can log in as root, mount the partitions, but it still is missing some > stuff, I think, from not booting properly. > > fsck runs okay on all partitions. nothing else seems to be > missing/broken. > > Any pointers, or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. > > -- > Rodney D. Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Registered Linux User #96112
So, you are saying that it is booting with a kernel that is on "/"? That should not cause /usr and /home to not be mounted. That is controlled by /etc/fstab. Are you using LILO to boot? If so, check /etc/lilo.conf to be sure that it still looks right - image is pointing to /boot and root is pointing to the proper "/" partition. If that looks good, then as root run /sbin/lilo to rewrite LILO. If you are not sure /etc/lilo.conf is right, then I would suggest that you do this on a floppy. Put a floppy in the drive. Edit /etc/lilo.conf so that you have 'boot=/dev/fd0' in place of 'boot=/dev/hda' or whatever it is. Then run /sbin/lilo and it will write LILO to the floppy. Check /etc/fstab and make sure that you have /usr and /home listed in there to mount. Then with reboot - use the floppy if you wrote LILO there. If it boots correctly, then you can edit /etc/lilo.conf again and put the original line for 'boot=' back in. Actually you could just comment it out in the first place and now just remove the comment and remove the line for the floppy. Run /sbin/lilo to write LILO to the hard drive and try booting without the floppy. Anita -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
