> From: "J M" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: DEBIAN WON'T BOOT > Date: Thu, 03 Jun 2004 12:25:44 -0800 > > Debian won't boot, here's the synopsis of the problem: Most recently the > computer began crashing simple programs such as Abiword when attempting to > save as well as do other moderate tasks. Up until now, the OS has not given > me any trouble (had it for roughly 9 mo). The other night, Debian decided > not to boot, and started giving me attitude. The debian load screen comes > up, and the OS begins loading linux.bin off of the boot disk i use, it then > quits and says that it failed to load the kernel, and it says I must > 'switch' disk and retry, or eject the disk and press 'restart'.
It sounds to me like your hard disk has failed. You might try using a rescue floppy and see if you can mount that disk. Maybe you can recover something. I recommend that you use smartmon to monitor the health of your disks. See Linux Journal a few months back. > > The only thing that I have done wrong is accidentally ejecting a disk > without unmounting (did this the day be4 the com wouldn't boot). Don't know > what OS i have, believe is is ver 2.88 (it's the version which was most > recent about 9 mo ago- when i got it). Any help is appreciated thx! > I don't think ejecting an unmounted disk is the cause. I've done that too. Tom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
