boot problem

blann blann at gte.net
Thu Jan 21 23:56:13 UTC 2010 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob McClure Jr" <bob at bobcatos.com>
To: "Getting started with Red Hat Linux" <redhat-install-list at redhat.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 7:13 PM
Subject: Re: boot problem


> 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.
>
  On the UBUNTU install, the claim was that it would find blank space on a 
partition,
create a new ntfs partition, and install ubuntu there. I note a new ntfs 
partition of 10gb,
adjacent to a 9.5 gb native linux plus linux swap partitions- so wonder if 
this is not my fc6 installation?
Then I need to know what to try to open that partition (9.5gb native linux)? 
One thought was to
use the linux update option of the install- assuming fc6 supports this, 
install a few ptions only, and hope that
I will then be given the option of re-installing the lilo boot menu. If this 
fails- or likely even if it does not,
I expect to try a fc12 install on a second, presently unused HD on my 
computer- or does the community
advise other than FC12? My main use is fortran compile/execute, LATEX, 
xmgrace- but things I
presently do in WinXP might migrate to linux depending on available software 
(photo,video editing).
  The UBUNTU installation used was 9.10- which I believe is new.
  Will FC12 install on an ntfs partition? Any decrease in performance?
Thanks to the community for support-  Marshall

>> 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 at bobcatos.com>
>> To: "Getting started with Red Hat Linux" <redhat-install-list at 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 at 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 at 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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