From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Paul Clements Subject: Re: Help ! Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 09:01 - Part II Date: Fri, 02 May 2003 11:51:30 -0400 Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <3EB29402.C5682FC6@SteelEye.com> References: <1051874803.3eb255f37597d@webmail.inf.ufsc.br> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: To: sama@inf.ufsc.br Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids sama@inf.ufsc.br wrote: > > Hi, > > I used linux root=/dev/hda2 on lilo prompt. The system returned me: > > VFS: Mounted root /ext2 filesystem readonly > Warning: unable to open an initial console > Kernel Panic: No init found. Try passing init= open to kernel. > > I used linux init=/bin/sh on lilo prompt but, the system returned me > the same error. Any suggestion ? Unfortunately, I think you may have lost too much of your root filesystem for the system to be usable...if you really need to salvage the data, you might boot up with a rescue CD (use your installation CD), then fsck the root partition and see if you can mount it...you might be able to pull your data off... -- Paul > Thanks, > > Roberto Samarone Araujo > > > /dev/hda2 should be /boot directory ? I've tried /dev/hda3 / directory and > > the same error appeared. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Roberto Samarone Araujo > > > > > > > "Roberto Samarone Araujo (RSA)" wrote: > > > > > > > RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0 > > > > invalid compressed format (err=1),6. Freeing initrd memory: 484 freed > > > > > > Looks like your initrd image got fried...I believe that's where raid1 > > > should have gotten loaded and your array autostarted (if this is United > > > Linux 1.0/Conectiva)... > > > > > > try booting with "linux root=/dev/hda2" at the lilo prompt > > > > > > it still might not work though... > > > > > > good luck... > > > > > > -- > > > Paul > > > > - > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in > > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html