Re: Kernal Panic

[Darryl Gibson <n2diy postoffice worldnet att net>]

Kevin Colby wrote:
> 
> Darryl Gibson wrote:
> >
> > There is a dynamic disk overlay on the hard drive that survived
> > fdisk and format, do I need to low level format the drive?
> 
> This concerns me.  These can be problematic.

FWIW, the DDO notice no longer appears at boot up.
> 
> > Linux did see the full size of the drive, and the only other sw
> > loaded on it is dos, so I should be below the 1024 cylinder limit?
> 
> Use Linux's fdisk (not disk druid) and you'll be able to see
> exactly what is what.

Ok, while trying that, I see my mount specs. have disappeared.
> 
> Did all of the filesystem get created before any errors?

To the best of my knowledge, I didn't baby sit the install for the
entire three hours though. It was a clean load, the install program
requested the re-boot.

> You just got LI on reboot?

No, I get:

LI
LI

> If so, then you should be able to reload LILO--if you're below 1024.

Hmm, how could I do that if I can't get to a root prompt?

> If not, then a boot disk _should_ work, but then I'm still not sure
> what role the DDO plays here.  Do you have the recovery floppy
> the install wanted you to make?  Or was that what you tried?

Prior to install I made two floppies, one is called boot. img, and the
other rescue.img, and before the completion of the install program, I
was instructed to make another boot disk, which I did. I've tried all
three, to no avail.

Let me reset my mount points, and finish running RH fdisk, maybe that
will fix things

TTYL

Darryl