SuSE Linux 9.1 bootup
When I bootup from my SuSE partition, I get and error reading:
VFS: Mounted root (reiserfs filesystem) readonly. Trying to move old root to /initrd ... failed Unmounted old root Trying to free unused kernel memory ... okay Freeing unused kernel memory: 212k freed INIT: version 2.85 booting INIT: entering runlever: 5 INIT: Id "1" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes INIT: Id "2" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes INIT: Id "3" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes [and so on until id "6"] So, I basically have 2 urgent questions and one that is spawned by my curiosity: -How would I go about retrieving data from this partition? I have a semester project on it that is due friday. Windows nor other linux distros recognise the partition. I could boot from this partition properly until I installed windows on another partition. -What would need to be done to get it to boot? and, less urgent -Why isn't it booting? What is going on? Thanks! |
try putting cd1 in and using it to boot.
after you boot, as root cd / mkdir initrd then reboot without the cd |
Well, I have a new problem now: the live-CD doesn't register as bootable. Any ideas of how to do this using the install CD (I tried the rescue system- it didn't show any of my original file structure after /home)? Or perhaps I will just go out and buy another copy of SuSE.
My gratitude, erasmus.descarte |
right, when you boot with the rescue, you need to mount / . so it would be something like
mkdir /mnt/Root mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/Root <- or whatever partition root is then cd /mnt/Root mkdir /mnt/Root/initrd then umount /mnt/Root then reboot |
I get an error that it was not found in /etc/fstab
I'm starting to wonder- if I just boot from a livedisk or something, can I retrieve the data using it? |
Try it again. I assumed you knew what i meant when i said to mount /dev/hda. I edited it to show you
mkdir /mnt/Root mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/Root <- or whatever partition root is then cd /mnt/Root mkdir /mnt/Root/initrd then umount /mnt/Root then reboot |
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