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