Re: Cannot boot Debian Unstable after shutdown.

[Marty <martyb@ix.netcom.com>]

KS wrote:
> On Sun, 29 May 2005 18:40:54 -0400, "KS" <lists04@fastmail.fm> said:
> > It doesn't even start the kernel loading stage. It is as if Grub is
> > there, but no Linux installation! I feel a bit handicapped as I can't
> > even copy the text that I see after I hit [Enter] to boot from Grub.
> >  
> Below is what the screen shows if I try to boot into any kernel (even in
> recovery mode):
> --------------
>
> Booting `Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.11-1-686 (recovery mode)'
>
> root(hd1,0)
>      Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83
> kernel   /vmlinuz-2.6.11-1-686 root=/dev/hdb7 ro single
>      [Linux-bzimage, setup=0x1600, size=0x12fac0]
> initrd /initrd.img-2.6.11-1-686
>      [Linux-initrd @ 0xfab5000, 0x47b000 bytes]
> save default
> boot
> =

That doesn't look familiar to me, so it must be grub.  Hopefully somebody who
knows grub can help.

> ---------------
> And the last = sign keeps on blinking, nothing happens. The rescue disk
> also gave similar results!

I was referring to the generic Debian install floppies which double
as rescue disks, since they can either run standalone out of a ram drive
or else boot directly into your root partition.  (I would try the later
first, by typing "linux root=/dev/hdb7" at the lilo "boot:" prompt.)