Pending further investigation, we now allege that q wrote: > debs, > > in one of my dual-boot deskboxes, i have a kernel panic: > > unable to load NLS charset cp 437 > kernel panic: VFS: unable to mount root fs on 03:03 > > my potato on custom kernel 2.2.17 was functioning well until yesterday. > > i don't mind a re-install, but i'd really like to know what's going on, as > this happens like every couple of months to one of my machines. > > (i know i have a line-wrap problem w/ vi. when i get some time to learn how > to fix it, i'll be very happy. until then, my apologies.) > > anyway, when i use the rescue disk and mount a partition, i only get the > choices of /dev/hda1 (wincrap) /dev/hda3 and /dev/hda4. i'm sure i had > /dev/hda2 (linux) and /dev/hda5 (swap). and when i try to mount > /dev/hda3-hda4, i get, "invalid argument." > > i think i'm screwed; but if anyone has suggestions, please cc me. > > ia, t. > > bentley taylor. >
Is /dev/hda3 is a FAT volume?
