Re: deleted /boot files
an update to my saga is that i was able to run lilo. however, when
trying to boot, i see:
request_module{block-major-3]: root fs not mounted
VFS: Cannot open root device "303" or 03:03
Please append correct "root=" boot option
Kernel Panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:03
my root= option is set to /dev/hda3 which is the root partition.
suggestions?
At Monday, 27 December 2004, Harland Christofferson <debian-user@zerocrossings.
com> wrote:
>while getting ready to build a raid 1 array, i accidentally deleted
>the /boot files. the partition is still there however and is still
>flagged as boot partition.
>
>although i have a boot floppy for this machine, i could not retrieve
>a backup of the /boot partition from another hard disk i have. in
>a novice attempt to resolve this, i copied the /boot partition from
>another machine and reboot. upon rebooting w/ the boot floppy, i
>ran lilo to try to rebuild the MBR. lilo complains:
>
>> Added Linux *
>> Skipping /vmlinux.old
>> Fatal: First sector of /dev/hda1 doesn't have a valid boot signature
>
>how can i fix my /boot partition so that the machine can boot without
>the files in the boot or root partitions that originally were part
>of this machine?
>
>harland
>
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