*- On 27 Sep, Jonas Steverud wrote about "Re: [DISASTER] Latest update broke my system entirely" > Seth R Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Jonas, what happens if you leave off the root= bit? >> >> I am getting at, boot using nothing but the rescue disk. It ought to be >> enough to get you to a prompt, from there you can mount /mnt /dev/hda7 and >> play around with things in there.... > > resuce root=/dev/hda7 > resuce root=/dev/hda7 init=/bin/sh > resuce init=/bin/sh > rescue > > all fail since it can't mount the root fs. Depending on exact > paramters they either fail with an errormessage or just hangs after > "VFS: Mount root fs read only" (or whatever the message is). >
Boot the rescue disk. At the boot: prompt just hit the return key and wait for the color/mono selection key. Then hit Alt-F2 to get to vt2. Hit return to get a root prompt of the rescue disk rom image. Now you can mount your existing partition to see what has gone wrong. -- Brian --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mechanical Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] Purdue University http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis ---------------------------------------------------------------------
