Re: Help My Redhat 7.2 PC

[Walter Worth <wworth prodigy net>]

On Saturday, 28 Jun 03, Li Bing <bing li asu edu>
wrote:
> Dear All,
> 
> Today the power was turned off suddenly in my lab.
> My Linux (Redhat 7.2) PC
> can't start up after that. It stops at the following
> messages.
> 
> ......
> Kmod: Failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k
> block-major-3, error=2
> mount error 6 mounting ext 2
> privotroot: privot-root (/sysroot, /sysroot/initrd)
> failed: 2
> Freeing unused kernel memory: 280k freed
> kernael panic: No init found. Trying passing init=
> option to kernel
> 
> Meanwhile, the lights, Caps Lock and Scroll Lock, on
> the keyboard, keep
> blinking.
> 
> What can I do for survive the PC? I have a lot of
> data on it.
> 
> Can I start the PC with a Linuc CD and then do
> recovery? Is it feasible and
> safe?
> 

If you have created a rescue diskette or have access
to another machine (7.2), try the following:

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-7.3-Manual/custom-guide/s1-rescuemode-boot.html. :)