On Sat, Oct 12, 2002 at 06:13:44PM -0400, Jerome Acks Jr wrote: > On Sat, Oct 12, 2002 at 02:12:55PM -0700, Michael Olds wrote: > > Not a bad assumption, a bad problem: I did install from a deb, and the > > source tree etc should be in /usr/src butitaint > > If I am going to get out of this situation without reinstalling, I think I > > need to start with where I am, which is a mystery to me. > > When I just use reset to restart the computer I end up at the kernel panic; > > When I use the rescue floppy I made I end up at the kernel panic; > > When I use the rescue floppy and press shift at lilo start I get the choice > > of linux or linux old. Either one of these without "root=/dev/hda7" leads to > > the kernel panic; > > Either one of these with the "root=/dev/hda7" leads to the kernel panic; > > Using the install CD, "rescue root=/dev/hda7" gives me a login to where I am > > which is text mode with virtually no access to any files on the system > > because "Ext3 is not supported in the Kernel" which I do not think is either > > the new kernel (I did say yes to Ext3 support...but I may have done this as > > a module); or the old kernel, which definately had Ext3 support. > > You should be able to mount ext3 partition as ext2, if it has been > cleanly unmounted. > > If your ext3 partition was not cleanly unmounted, the e2fsck > application can perform journal replay, so running: > > e2fsck -fy /dev/hdXX > > on a damaged ext3 filesystem will repair it, allowing ext2 to mount > it. > If you don't have a rescue floppy that works, can you download tomsrtbt from http://www.toms.net/rb/. Once you have installed it on a floppy and can boot from it, you will be able to mount your partitions and run commands on them using chroot. -- Jerome
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