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SubjectRe: unable to mount root, /hda1/MSDOS FS problem
On Fri, 20 Jun 1997, tk wrote:

> I was able to run e2fsck* on hda3 from the floppy.
> Thanks for the advice on that.
>
> I am further down to solving the problem, but I am still in with the same
> problem.
>
> If I boot the system normally, I still get an error message as follows:
> "Kernel panic: VFS: unable to mount root fs on 03:03"
>
> The immediately preceding lines say:
> "
> Partition check:
> hda: hda1 hda2 hda3
> [MS-DOS FS Rel. 12, FAT 0,check=n,conv=b,uid=0,gid=0,umask=022]
> [me=0xdc,cs=0,#f=86,fs=0,fl=47488,ds=20736,de=49608,data=23841,
> se=37682,ts=69504,ls=23295]
> Transaction block size = 512
> "
>
> After that it says:
> "Kernel panic: VFS: unable to mount root fs on 03:03"
>
>
> I presume the problem has something to do with the DOS partition which is
> at hda1. If I recall correctly this machine has the superblock in hda1. I
> don't know how to verify that, so I can't say for sure.
>
> I booted from a floppy and run e2fsck on /dev/hda3.
> It fixed some problems on it.
> I tried rebooting and things were still the same. (Kernel panic)
> I then tried booted from a floppy again and tried booting with an older
> working /vmlinuz. Still the same error message.
>
> I can get the system running if I boot from a boot floppy and then enter
> "mount root=/dev/hda3" at the first prompt.
> (There is another issue that shows up at this point. See ** so my real
> question doesn't get lost):
>
>
> Does anyone know what the problem is, and how can I go about fixing it?
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Troy
>
This is my "make_floppy" shell script that sets the correct root file-system.
It presumes that zImage is in the correct place and you have a 1.4 Mb
floppy in drive "A". It also presumes that you have already mounted the
correct root file system by whatever means. I use this extensively to
test new kernels. Once they are known to work, I use lilo to update
the boot image on the hard disk (also using a shell-script).

#
#
# Created 21-JAN-1995 Richard B. Johnson
#
cp /vmlinux /vmlinux.old
cp /usr/src/linux/System.map /
cp /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/zImage /vmlinux
ROOTDEV=`df / | cut -d ' ' -f1 | sed -e1d`
echo -n 'Setting root device as ' ; echo ${ROOTDEV}
rdev -R /vmlinux 1
rdev /vmlinux ${ROOTDEV}
cp /vmlinux /dev/fd0
psupdate


Once you get the machine up with a floppy, you can make your hard disk
bootable using this script.

#
# If /etc/lilo.conf is set up right, this will update the bootable image
# on the hard disk presently mounted as the root filesystem.
# Created 21-JAN-1995 Richard B. Johnson
#
cp /vmlinux /vmlinux.old
cp /usr/src/linux/System.map /
cp /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/zImage /vmlinux
ROOTDEV=`df / | cut -d ' ' -f1 | sed -e1d`
echo -n 'Setting root device as ' ; echo ${ROOTDEV}
rdev -R /vmlinux 1
rdev /vmlinux ${ROOTDEV}
lilo -C /etc/lilo.conf
psupdate



See! Some folks thought I was a VAX man.

Cheers,
DJ
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Richard B. Johnson
Analogic Corporation
Email : rjohnson@analogic.com, johnson@analogic.com
Penguin : Linux version 2.1.42 on an i586 machine (66.15 BogoMips).
Warning : It's hard to stay on the trailing edge of technology.
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