On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 06:04:37PM -1000, blann wrote:
Dear Mr. McClure,
Many thanks for the kind reply. Before confessing sins since, I put
in the rescue CD, and reply to
find linux was: 'you don't have any linux partitions'
I confess that I tried to run a live disk ubuntu9.10, then did an
install . So partition magic 8.0 tells me that
my HD looks like:
PARTITION TYPE SIZE USED UNUSED STATUS PRI/LOG
local[C] NTSF 132GB
active primary
Local disc[*] linux ext3 103mb 0 0
none "
[*] extended 20gb 20gb 0
" "
Local disk[E] ntfs 10gb 6.6 10gb "
logical
disk[*] linux ext3 9.5gb 9.5gb 0
" "
swapspace2[*] linux swap 470mb 0.0 470mb "
'
Any suggestions as to what I might try?
Sorry about the delay in replying. I was hoping someone with more
knowledge than I would pipe up, the salutation notwithstanding.
Apparently your aborting of the update hosed the partition table. Had
you not installed Ubuntu, I would have said that a guru (and not I)
could perhaps reconstruct your partition table. But with your fresh
installation, all bets are off.
If I try to do a linux fc6 re-install, might this work?
To reconstruct your old installation, no. Further, FC6 is way old and
no longer supported. I'm not up on Ubuntu versions, but if it's less
than a couple years old, it's a much safer installation that FC6 would
be.
If you want to go back to Fedora, get Fedora 12. If you have
high-speed always-on Internet, just get the first CD, and it will do
most of the install from Internet resources, saving you the inevitable
updates after the install.
If you want a free Red-Hat-ish distro that won't end-of-life in 12-18
months, download and install CentOS 5.4, a free superset of RHEL 5.4.
Will reinstall find the way to the linux partitions?
No. I think you've overwritten them with Ubuntu.
Thanks for any help on this- Marshall
p.s.-the ubuntu was installed on the second ntfs partition which it
created from linux space-
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob McClure Jr"
<bob bobcatos com>
To: "Getting started with Red Hat Linux" <redhat-install-list redhat com>
Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 4:13 PM
Subject: Re: boot problem
>On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 12:04:38PM -1000, blann wrote:
>>Hi,
>> Having a problem at boot for my FC5 linux on dual boot with
>>WinXP. I manually
>>powered down XP while it was trying to install an update. After
>>that, when I went
>>to boot Fedora, I got a final message:
>>kernel panic- not syncing- attempted to kill init
>>before that I got messages "unable to access resume device
>>/dev/Vol Group00/logV01)
>>could not find filesystem /dev/root
>>
>>I have a FC rescue CD which brings up a set of choices- but not
>>sure what to try
>>short of re-installation. Suggestions welcome- thanks- Marshall
>>blann gte net
>
>At the boot: prompt on the rescue CD, put "linux rescue".
>
>Answer the dialogs about language and keyboard.
>
>When it asks about networking, tell it No.
>
>When it offers to find and mount Linux systems, hit "Continue". If it
>finds only one, it will mount it. If more than one, it will give you
>a choice. If successful, it will so inform you. Hit OK. At the
>shell prompt, do these:
>
> chroot /mnt/sysimage
> grub-install /dev/hda # Assumes that is your boot drive
> exit # or ^D out of the chroot shell
> exit # or ^D out of the rescue shell
>
>and it will reboot. Pop out the CD.
>
>If that doesn't work, you may need to repeat, but after the chroot, cd
>to boot/grub and inspect grub.conf. Drop a note back here to see
>where we go from there.
>
>Cheers,
>--
>Bob McClure, Jr.
Cheers,
--
Bob McClure, Jr. Bobcat Open Systems, Inc.
bob bobcatos com http://www.bobcatos.com
The LORD is my light and my salvation -- whom shall I fear? The LORD
is the stronghold of my life -- of whom shall I be afraid?
Psalm 27:1 (NIV)
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