Re: [LUG] Can't boot SuSE 8 form the HD

[Keith Abraham <keith.abraham@xxxxxxxx>]

On Sunday 16 June 2002 08:08, Lee Quick wrote:
> Okey dokey!
>
> Recovering your system by booting existing installation good :) once into
> the system go to the yast2 control centre and check out bootloader
> configuration.
> Possible that the MBR has been stuffed and needs a repair!
> Hope that helps.
>
> Regards,
>
> lee

That's what I thought had happened, Lee. But "fixing" the MBR
really screwed things up. I couldn't boot into the installed system
with the CDROM anymore. SuSE reported that none of the
partitions were Linux partitions. It looked to me as if the HD had
gone down. 

I only have Linux on this box (ours is a Window-less house!) so
am I correct in assuming that I should be booting into the Linux
root partition rather than sticking something into the MBR?

This morning I tried a fresh install. This worked OK so it doesn't
seem to be a HD fault. Now I still can't boot from the HD but I
can at least boot the freshly install system via the CDROM and
post/receive mail.

Theo mentioned a screwed up superblock and "panic: unable to
mount root FS on xx:xx". I dimly remember the latter appearing
in the boot messages. It was getting late and bed beckoned and I
didn't note down the xx:xx.

What do I do to fix this and by the ways what's a superblock?

I've attached the present /var/log/boot.msg which may give the
gurus amongst you an idea what is going wrong

Keith

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Keith Abraham" <keith.abraham@xxxxxxxx>
> To: "DCLUG" <list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, June 16, 2002 12:12 AM
> Subject: [LUG] Can't boot SuSE 8 form the HD
>
>
> I've just had a crash and now I can't boot from the HD.
>
> I was running the screensaver and when I tried to return to the
> desktop nothing happened. So I did Alt F2, typed in root at the
> prompt and again nothing happened. The only option open to me
> was to reset.
>
> Now I cannot boot from the HD.
> Using the installation CDROM I can get to the point where it
> detects that I have an existing system and run it. Once at the
> desktop everything seems to function normally.
>
> Yet if I logout and reboot the system still cannot be booted from
> the HD.
>
> It looks to me as if something has got screwed up on hda1 but
> I'm still a novice and don't know where to begin to sort it out
> Any ideas anyone?
>
> Keith

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