Linux RedHat 9.0, im getting kernel panic- unable to mount root fs or something

abbasakhtar · 10-01-2003, 10:14 AM

i think it mite have somethin to do with mounting the hd or wotever that is ? how do u mount a hard drive ? is xp got somethin to do with this problem ?

aaa · 10-01-2003, 10:20 AM

Rescue Mode should be independent of whatever is on your hard drive. It's root fs should be on a ramdisk. You then make a folder in this ramdisk (mkdir /hd3) and mount your /dev/hda3 to it (mount /dev/hda3 /hd3 -t ext3) so you can see if it's the right partition ('ls /hd3', you should see various linux files), and check if a certain configuration file is correct (cat /hd3/etc/fstab). 'fdisk -l' lists your partitions.

abbasakhtar · 10-01-2003, 10:25 AM

yes as soon as i type "linux rescue" it tries to go into rescue mode,
then i get "root=" errors,
and it wnt continue, flashin my keyboard and comp freezes,

abbasakhtar · 10-01-2003, 11:14 AM

iv removed everythin now and i only have 1 NTFS partition wich is C: and it has 9.3 Gb,

wot commands can i giv to install linux, linux root=/dev/hda1 etc?

also do i need to mount the hd ?

aaa · 10-01-2003, 11:26 AM

Take a look at this:
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/l...ide/index.html
During the install, create a FAT32 partition (vfat) to exchange files between Win and Linux, since A) Linux can't write to NTFS without damaging it, and B) In Red Hat, to read NTFS you have to add support manually.

aaa · 10-01-2003, 11:28 AM

To install, just press enter (without anything).

abbasakhtar · 10-01-2003, 11:39 AM

iv hit enter to install, but it stil cant find root,

iv tried linux root=/hda*

*1,2,3,4,5,6,etc.

but nothing works,

abbasakhtar · 10-01-2003, 12:56 PM

its ok, it ok, iv figured it out, i had to copy bootdisk.img from the boot cd 1 and burnd it as a boot cd using nero burgning rom, and then i installed from it there, and it work when i hit enter it works, now im hapily installing linux redhat 9 woooh oooooo!!!!! thanks everyone

abbasakhtar · 10-01-2003, 02:15 PM

ok, everything installed ok, but when i try to boot into linux i get this error

kernel panic: aiee, killing interrupt handler!
In interrupt handler - not syncing

wot does this mean