Re: urgent :( winxp reinstallation made sarge kernel panic...help please

Yes.I have Ubuntu breezy and RHEL4 AS and M$ OS also.anoop alias i already
told i recovered grub.this is weird thing as the kernel is searching for non
existing partn for root while i edited /etc/fstab and corrected to / as
/dev/sda8 /boot as /dev/sda9.also grub menu.lst.since after this also kernel
panics..
this time i need to mention about my sarge; been a 'mixed' one as it is
updated manually to latest glibc and udev etc from unstable distro's
repository.since udev >0.76 needs hotplug to be removed i did the same and i
must confess i dont know anything about these packages..any way luckily i
have another kernel(default 2.6.8smp) through which i booted and
removed,reinstalled linux-image-2.6.14,,,smp and other dependent packages
afterwards i rebooted and entered 2.6.14smp..now its working
fine.onlythingis if u reinstall XP and partition number
changes.sarge with 2.6.14kernel fails..i doubt it may have to do with udev
package.will someone explain about udev configuration../files.Thank You All.

On 12/4/05, Anoop Alias <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> As you have recovered from bootloader
> At the boot prompt type C for grub command line
> Now identify the root  for grub (this is whr the kernel and initrd
> images reside...that is if if ur having /dev/hda1 as /boot
> partition...your root will be (hd0,0)  ) in grub syntax
> root (hd0,0)               ........u can use tab to auto complete
>
> Now u have tell grub about the kernel image is !
> in the above setup it will be
> kernel (hd0,0)/          .............press tab and u will see the
> files inside ,fill it with the kernel image name
>
> Next you will have to pass the location of root file system to
> kernel..and kernel will take it in /dev/hd? format
> MAKE SURE YOU DO IT CORRECTLY..as kernel will search for init in this
> root only ie /sbin/init
> so the entire line will be
> kernel (hd0,0)/vmlinuz.........        root=/dev/hda?
> now tell grub where initrd is ..in same format
> initrd  (hd0,0)/ini.................pressing tab will auto complete
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> Make sure you change the (hd0,?) and /dev/hd? to whatever is ur setup
>
> type boot at the command prompt and u must boot
> if everythings working fine change ur grub.conf accordingly!
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
> Now if thr is some problem with init! (if ur damn sure u choose the
> root partition correctly!)
> try substituting init with a shell
> give a kernel argument like init=/bin/bash
> if u had chosen / correctly u will be dropped into a shell
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> HAPPY RECOVERY!
>
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