[olug] Kernel panic

[G.M.]

I got into linux and got up to mount -o rw but it won't let me edit
/etc/fstab it says vi is an unknown command.....any idea why?On a seperate
know I liked the basic editor pico but it's no longer available in mandrake
9.1,I downloaded a similar program but I haven't used my computer in so long
I forgot it's name so I can't call it up to use it.Anyone have any idea what
I'm talking about?I moved my drives around so both dvd drives wouldn't be on
the same IDE channel in the hope that I would be able to read a dvd +rw disk
that I put 4.5 gigs of data on,some of it irreplaceable financial data and
pictures (luckily it  was just a backup disk) Anyway after all the moving
around I still can't read it.


        Gary Martin


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian Roberson" <roberson at olug.org>
To: "Omaha Linux User Group" <olug at olug.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2003 12:44 AM
Subject: Re: [olug] Kernel panic


> before I throw out comands - I must warn that I am going on 30 some hours
of no sleep.... and about a 12 pack of beer.....
>
>
> at the lilo: prompt type...
>
> linux root=dev/hdb? single
>
> ^ "linux" : or whatever kernel option is default
>                  ^ "hdb1" : whatever partition is your root
>                       ^ "single" : go into single user mode
>
> once your up in single user mode with / mounted ( and that will be the
only thing mounted )....
> mount -o rw / ( remount / with read/write )
> vi /etc/fstab and edit /dev/hda? and replace with /dev/hdb? ( a->
primary/master ide b->primary/slave drive )
> then edit /etc/lilo.conf to check if there are _any_ references to the
/dev/hda disk and change acordingly
> rerun lilo and your then should be able to to get where you were before
the switch....
>
>
>
> just out of curiousity... why did you decide to move your drives around?
>
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 19, 2003 at 11:12:58PM -0500, G.M. wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > I rearranged the drives in my computer now upon bootup I get this error
message>Kernel panic:No init found.Try passing init=option to kernel.My
drives were IDE primary=80 GB HDD master,20 GB HDD slave and IDE secondary
dvd writer master,dvd drive slave.Now it is IDE primary 80 GB HDD master,dvd
writer slave IDE secondary 20 GB HDD master,dvd drive slave.I'm pretty sure
the problem is due to my changing the drives around so now linux doesn't
know where to find the right drive.What do I need to pass to the kernel to
boot up and once I'm in linux how can I fix this?If I can at all.
> >
> >
> >                 Thanks,Gary Martin
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