Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 9 Apr 1996 19:56:45 -0500 (CDT) | From | "Taylor C. Carpenter" <> | Subject | Re: Cannot boot linux |
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On Tue, 9 Apr 1996, Christian =?iso-8859-1?Q?J=F6nsson?= FOA 72 wrote:
> I compiled the 1.3.85 kernel today and I can no longer boot any linux kernel. > > In the config I did, by mistake, include some CD-ROM stuff I shouldn't have. > I do not have any CD-ROM device at all, to bad. > > When booting (several) linux 1.3.x kernel i get: > > Unable to identify CD-ROM format. > Warning: dev(04:c1) tty->count(2) != fd's(17) in tty_open > Warning: dev(04:c1) tty->count(2) != fd's(17) in release_dev > Warning: dev(04:c1) tty->count(2) != fd's(17) in tty_open > Warning: dev(04:c1) tty->count(2) != fd's(17) in release_dev
don't worry about these warning messages.. you just need to recompile with out cdrom support..
> I have a symbolic link /usr/src/linux -> /usr/src/linux-1.3.85. Maybe, if I > could delete this link and make a new one /usr/src/linux -> > /usr/src/linux-1.3.80 and try booting again it would jump off. But how can I > do such a thing when I can't boot *any* linux kernel?
making a new link to the src dir will not help boot problems... what you need to do is boot off a floppy... then you can go through the make config again and don't use any cdrom support. you should probably replace the kernel image (probably called /vmlinuz or /zImage or /zmlinux) with an older one that works (if you have an older one).
if you do not have a boot floppy made after you compiled a new kernel(you should make one at least when you upgrade to the 1.3.[78]*) boot off the floppy you made to install. mount the root partition (unless /usr has its own parttion, inwhich case you should mount it too), as in /dev/hda1, then if you have an old image some where replace the new one with it. then reboot and once back in, go do make config and don't include cdrom support. :)
hopes this helps
-taylor cc
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