> > So this is probably where the new install is located. Did you try > > /dev/hdb1? There must be one. What is the output of: > > fdisk -l /dev/hda > > fdisk -l /dev/hdb > > I believe I tried e2label /dev/hdb1 and got the same error as on hda2 - but > not SURE - the machine is currently off - at some point I tried a reboot and > it got stuck (and old oddity) and I turned it off for the time being as I am > leaving shortly... > > > Anyway, any grub experts out there? Probably grub needs to be pointed to > > /dev/hdb1 as the root partition, right? > > an interesting problem is GETTING to grub. I did find a grub.conf - I think > in /dev/hdb2/etc - somewhere or other - but when I tried to edit it, it > couldn't get it open > > I wish I knew the options at that floppy's boot: prompt because I sort of > guess at things to try - like I tried booting and giving that prompt "linux > boot=/dev/hdb3 and such and init= and root= and a few different things. at > this point it's always the same, since I first booted up using "linux > single", it now has always booted and not done the kernel panic, but given > me the filesystem error and dropped me to a shell. So you can get a root shell? Check /etc/fstab to see if it is pointing to the right places, particular that "/" is pointing to the right device. -- Fernando
