Re: Rescue disk?

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

Sylvain Briole wrote:

>Hi!
>
>I am facing a "little" problem with my Sarge install.
>I was an happy Woody user for a long time, and I need to do a fresh install of
>Sarge on a computer with BIOS problem. This computer ran Woody without any
>problem, but I have received a new hard disk for this one, on which I would like
>to install Sarge.
>The problem : the new hard disk is too big to be correctly recognized by the
>BIOS, so I disabled it in the BIOS configuration. I have burned Sarge 3.1
>netinst CD, and ran the install without any problem, with Grub on /dev/hda (the
>new hard disk). This computer has no floppy drive : only CD-ROM drive.
>I booted the computer on the CD-ROM drive, using the well known (for me, under
>Woody) commando by lilo prompt : rescue root=/dev/hda1
>But this time, it does not function.
>
>Is there any rescue possibility in Sarge?
>I have read there about Tomsrbt or Damn Small Linux to repair problem with
>MBR/Grub : but I am not looking for such a solution, but only a convenient
>method to boot on a CD and then use /dev/hda1 as root.
>
>I thank you in advance for any tip,
>
>Sylvain.
>
>
>  
>
I'm confused by your description.

First you say the problem is that your hard drive is not recognized by
the BIOS.

Then you imply that's not a problem, because the install proceeded
without a problem.

Then you indicate you're trying to boot via CD. Why? Is it because the
machine can't find the hard drive and boot from it? What CD are you
booting from? The Sarge installer?

What is not working about "rescue root=/dev/hda1"? What errors/symptoms
are you getting? Does this CD use lilo, or Grub?

As I ask these questions, I think I've begun to fathom what you're
saying, but I'm not sure, so I'm asking for clarification.

-- 
Kent