On Fri, 2005-02-18 at 16:36 +0100, Zsolt KOZAK wrote: > On 2005-02-18 16:23, Pedro Sanchez wrote: > > >> > >> > >Unfortunately this didn't work. At the installer's prompt I tried > > > >linux devfs=nomount root=/dev/sda1 > > > >but after loading the kernel it fails with > > > >VFS: cannot open root device "sda1" or unknown-block (0,0) > > > >I'm afraid the kernel at this stage doesn't see the drives as "sda". > > > > > Check your kernel messages during booting, and find out how it sees your hard > disk. If it can see your hdd as sda, you just need the number of your root > partition... It might be 0 or 2, not 1 :-) Which partition is your root > partition? > It's hard to see the messages flying by the console. Once the kernel freezes there's no way to scroll up. I'm going to try different names, just guessing. I will also try a different "rescue" CD. At this moment I've been using the d-i CD only.
Something I did was to boot up with the d-i installer, mount all the already existing partitions, exit to a shell, "chroot /target", and from there try to force the Grub install. After typing "setup (hd0)" at the grub prompt this is what I got: .... Running "embed /boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd0) ... 16 sectors are embedded. succeeded. segmentation fault. Weird, "succeeded" followed by "segmentation fault". Anyways, it didn't work either. Thanks, -- Pedro > Hope it helps! > > regards, > Zsolt > > -- > Zsolt KOZAK [EMAIL PROTECTED] > personal web: http://zso.lt > Road To Avonlea: http://www.avonlea.hu > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
