suddenly boot problems - unable to mount root FS
hi,
a server which was running for two years now without any problems
doesn't boot anymore after energy-problem. crashed down, because usv was
defekt.
first i thought, the harddisk is bad. starting the server with a live-cd
(knoppix) works. fsck of the two partitions hda1 (root) and hda3 (data)
said clean.
i i try to boot the system, i get the following error:
Kernel panic - not syncing : VFS: unable to mount root FS on
unknown-block (3,1)
startscripts in /etc/rc... can not be executed.
the harddrive is the master on the first ide - channel. dvd-drive is
master at the second ide-channel. ide-drivers are built in the kernel
(no module).
in my opinion, the system tries to start from the dvd-drive -> (3,1). so
i thought, i am very clever and changed hdd and dvd. if i try to boot
with the devices changed, i get the folowing error ->
Kernel panic - not syncing : VFS: unable to mount root FS on
unknown-block (0,0)
nice, it tries to start again from / on dvd. we didn't change anything
on this machine. no updates, installations, ... it is just running in an
intranet as a local server.
is here anybody who can help me or has any idea how to get this system
wirking again? by the way - it is debian sarge.
thx for any idea and/or hint for a solution!
jens
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