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

From: Kahn Seidl (mkseidl_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 08/25/05

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Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 11:13:54 +0000

    I have already tried without LABEL, i never used lable, it was just a
    type-o.

    I ommited lable, and point root to / and left out rbgh, and got less error
    messages, but still got the kernel panic.

    oh boy.

    martin

    >From: Jim Cornette <fc-cornette@insight.rr.com>
    >Reply-To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@redhat.com>
    >To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@redhat.com>
    >Subject: Re: grub.conf emptied, and now i get kernel panic?
    >Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 06:57:08 -0400
    >
    >David Colomer wrote:
    >
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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
    >>>
    >>>
    >
    >Should the LABLE be LABEL instead? Or should the LABLE be removed entirely
    >because /dev/hda2 is the device name and not a LABEL?
    >
    >title fc3
    > root (hd0,2)
    > kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-1.667 ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet
    > initrd /initrd-2.6.9-1.667.img
    >
    >OR:
    >
    >title fc3
    > root (hd0,2)
    > kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-1.667 ro root=/dev/hda2 rhgb quiet
    > initrd /initrd-2.6.9-1.667.img
    >
    >Either version might work vs. the above version.
    >
    >Jim
    >
    >
    >
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