Hello Folks:
I'm desperate -- Previous to this morning I had the install bf24
kernel installed. I read on another list that basically it's intended
for the install process only and should be replaced for adequate
performance.
So, I took the plunge and installed '2.4.18.img' and ran lilo
afterwards. Lilo gave an error on the stanza I added to lilo as per
the debian installer instructions: I think it was the
'initrd=/initrd.img' line. I obviously added it to the wrong place.
Anyways, "Murphy's law' conveniently came to be, while I was doing
this, I let the sink overflow in the kitchen, and the water was
threating to splash over the electric equipment (power bars etc) that
runs my 4 workstations. So, because we were tramping through water
(electrocution possibility to) I had to throw the circuit breaker that
was responsible for these components.
So, to make a long story short, I'm unable to boot into my Woody
server, with the newly installed kernel. I tried the rescue disk, but
it gives me a kernel panic. I tried the 'shift-tab' sequence at the
lilo prompt, and it only gives me one kernel choice -- I can't see the
old one.
The messages I'm getting at the kernel are thus;
-root filesytem not mounted
-VFS cannot open root device
-please append a correct root=boot option
-kernel panic
This is way over my head. Is there anything I can do, to mount this box?
I'd rather try to recover it if possible, as I'm not backed up... (I
know, I know).
Thanks.