[olug] Kernel panic

[G.M.]

Hi

I tried it your way too and once I'm in linux in single user mode I can't
mkdir /mnt/tmp because it says /mnt/tmp is read only.....??Any idea around
this?

                Thanks,Gary Martin


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jay Swackhamer" <Jay at RebootTheUser.com>
To: "Omaha Linux User Group" <olug at olug.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2003 10:51 AM
Subject: Re: [olug] Kernel panic


> You will need to boot of a CD(Redhat - #linux rescue , or Gentoo works)
>
> Then once you have a system up, mount your / filesystem
>
> if you setup the system originally with
> /boot , / , swap
>
> then
> # mkdir /mnt/tmp
> # mount /dev/hdc2 /mnt/tmp
> # vi /mnt/tmp/etc/fstab
>
> change the /dev/hdb to /dev/hdc
>
> you can list the filesystems by
> # fdisk -l /dev/hdc
>
> you will need to update the links for /dev/cdrom and /dev/dvd to point to
> the correct devices also.
>
> You will also need to update LILO or GRUB (whichever you use)
>
> GRUB
> # vi /etc/grub.conf
>        or
> # vi /boot/grub/grub.conf
> change the line for the kernel that is pointing the root to /dev/hdbXXXX
> to /dev/hdcXXX
> # shutdown -r now
>
> LILO
> # mount /dev/hdc1 /mnt/tmp/boot
> # chroot /mnt/tmp /bin/bash
> # vi /etc/lilo.conf
> # lilo
> change the line for the kernel that is pointing the root to /dev/hdbXXXX
> to /dev/hdcXXX
> # shutdown -r now
>
>
> hda = primary master
> hdb = primary slave
> hdc = secondary master
> hdd = secondary slave
>
>
> > 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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