[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: new hard drive install



On Tue, 29 Jun 1999, Charles Kaufman wrote:

> On Tue, 29 Jun 1999, David Wright wrote:
> 
> > Quoting charles kaufman (chuck@uri.edu):
>   "kernel panic:VFS:Unable to mount root fs on 03:03" 
> 
>  
> > I think that may change everything. Allowing for typos, because you
> > copied that off the screen, did it really say FAT 12? It looks as
> > though it's either misread the partition table (perhaps it got the
> > geometry wrong or something) or the kernel lacks some necessary
> > functionality to handle the new disk. What does lsmod show when you
> > have the disk on /mnt. Is it using a module to get at that disk?
> > Could your partitions be misnumbered in some way? 
> > 
> > Either way, I think you may need more expert help than I can provide.
> 
> Yes it really says FAT 12 (twice). That has seemed strange to me too.

What does Linux "fdisk -l" show?


Reply to: