Re: kernel panic
On Mon, Dec 18, 2000 at 01:40:35PM -0800, Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
> egads, man. don't reinstall an operating system!
>
> don't you have any spare kernels laying around? i always leave myself at
> least 1 other old kernel.
>
> as for vim, try:
>
> echo "set textwidth=76" >> $HOME/.vimrc
>
> p
>
> On Mon 18 Dec 00, 2:07 PM, q said...
> > debs,
> >
> > in one of my dual-boot deskboxes, i have a kernel panic:
> >
> > unable to load NLS charset cp 437
> > kernel panic: VFS: unable to mount root fs on 03:03
> >
> > my potato on custom kernel 2.2.17 was functioning well until yesterday.
> >
> > i don't mind a re-install, but i'd really like to know what's going on, as this happens like every couple of months to one of my machines.
> >
> > (i know i have a line-wrap problem w/ vi. when i get some time to learn how to fix it, i'll be very happy. until then, my apologies.)
> >
> > anyway, when i use the rescue disk and mount a partition, i only get the choices of /dev/hda1 (wincrap) /dev/hda3 and /dev/hda4. i'm sure i had /dev/hda2 (linux) and /dev/hda5 (swap). and when i try to mount /dev/hda3-hda4, i get, "invalid argument."
> >
> > i think i'm screwed; but if anyone has suggestions, please cc me.
> >
> > ia, t.
> >
> > bentley taylor.
> >
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debs,
i was booting with floppy, which will still boot one of my potato lapboxes. so, i basically have a hardware prob, right?
ia, t.
bentley taylor
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