Re: Kernel Panic
lanceh@ibm.net wrote:
> I had my system hang last night while running a statistical process. I used Ctrl-Alt-Delete to
> reboot. Now I get a kernel panic.
>
> UMSDOS: msdos_read_super failed, mount aborted .......
>
> HPFS: hpfs_read_super: Not HPFS ...........
>
> Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:05
>
> Does 03:05 mean 3rd harddisk, 5th partition? Linux is on Harddisk 1, partition 05.
03:05 means the device with major number 3, minor number 5. This is in fact /dev/hda5.
> Other things I have tried.
>
> Booting from floppy, same error.
>
> I have OS2 on my system as well. I dualboot to DOS and try the Debian install CD, but I get
>
> boot from dos install
> ran out of input data ---system halted
>
> When I was compiling a kernel before I was able to use this to reset lilo but now it won't
> work.
>
> I have ext2-os2 so I should be able to read my linux partitions from OS2, but I am not able to
> read the Linux partition.
>
> Any suggestions on how to solve this problem?
Boot the rescue disk. After you get to the menus go down all the way to the option to exit to a
shell. At the shell prompt run: 'e2fsck /dev/hda5' to fix the file system.
Good luck!
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Jens B. Jorgensen
jjorgens@bdsinc.com
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