At Friday, 3 December 2004, "Mr. Jan Hearthstone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] com> wrote:
>Mr. Jan Hearthstone wrote: > >> I was "dist-upgrade"-ing and during the process I >> was adviced that I was re-installing the existing >> kermel-image-2.6.8-1-386, and that I was to reboot >as >> soon as possible, which I did as soon as the next >item >> (Lilo) started being upgraded. >> To no avail! During the start up I get message >> "Error -3 while decompressing!" >> "c034ad04 (-289792904)->c108a000(4096)" >> "Error -3 while decompressing!" >> "c034a8f0(-417786125)->c21e2000(4096)" >> "request-module: runaway loop modprobe >> binfmt-0000" >> "request-module: runaway loop modprobe >> binfmt-0000" >> "request-module: runaway loop modprobe >> binfmt-0000" >> "request-module: runaway loop modprobe >> binfmt-0000" >> >> ... and then nothing moves at all. >> >> So I tried the "boot" and "root" floppies, but the >> thing insists that I repartition! (And lose >> everything!) > >Try booting with a LiveCD (such as Knoppix). You can >then chroot to your >hard drive and fix the problem. > >Adam > Dear Adam, > > I have an old Toshiba Satelite that doesn't boot off >a CD-ROM. > I did, though, found some one-floppy Linux didts, >but once (and if) I got the system on the RAM, I have >no idea how to get into my hd, and, at least, salvage >some files. > Are not the "rescue" floppies supposed to be helpful >in just such cases? I perused the available "googled" >information--it would seem that this should be no >problem for anyone, but it is a problem for me. > Where am I lacking? > Thank you, reluctant-to-re-install - > Hearthstone. > > you have to mount to the /dev/hdx (x being your hdd , a, mostlikely). after you mount, you can chroot to your mounted /dev/hda and gain access to the drive contents. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
