Re: grub.conf emptied, and now i get kernel panic?

From: David Colomer (david.colomer_at_atosorigin.com)
Date: 08/25/05

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    Kahn Seidl wrote:
    > Somehow my grub.conf is emptied. But, what I did is put it back in the
    > best I could from what someone else posted.
    >
    > title fc3
    > root (hd0,2)
    > kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-1.667 ro root=LABLE=/dev/hda2 rhgb quiet
    > initrd /initrd-2.6.9-1.667.img
    >
    > Now when it boots I get a kernel panic and errors abotu mounting...
    > here is the list of errors
    >
    > Creating root device
    > mkrootdev /dev/hda2 not found
    > mounting root file system
    > mount error 2 mounting ext3
    > mount error 2 mounting none
    > switching to new root
    > switchroot mount failed: 22
    > umount /initrd/dev failed 2
    > kernel panic - syncing failed
    > waiting to kill init
    >
    > i used the rescue mode, and all the data is still there. I also tried
    > with different options for the kernel, but, it keeps giving me a kernel
    > panic, i did manage to get less mounting errors.
    >
    > martin seidl
    > Asus m5np
    > 768mb ram
    > dvd/cd-rw
    > 60gb 5400rpm
    >
    >
    Have you checked the size of the kernel image?

    I had a very close problem and it was a corruption in the system files
    due HD problems.

    Regards,

    David

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