try installing kernels using -ivh instead of -Fvh next time ----- Original Message ----- From: "Allen Wayne Best" <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Red Hat Mailing List" <redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2003 7:47 AM Subject: partition check error at boot time hello: i am having a real difficulty booting one of my systems. i installed the latest kernel the rh8.0 system: kernel-2.4.20-20.8.i386.rpm. i don't know if this had anything to do with the problem or not. at any rate, after doing an upgrade of the kernel (rpm -Fvh kernel-2.4.20-20.8.i386.rpm), i rebooted. now, a most mysterious thing is happening. during boot, i get the following message attached scsi removable disk sda at scsi 0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 sda Read Capacity Failed sda status = 1, message = 0, host 0, driver 08 current sd 00:00, sense key not ready Additional sense indicates medium not present sda block size assumed to be 512 bytes, disk size 1GB patition check: sda I/O error dev 08:00, sector 0 I/O error dev 08:00, sector 0 unable to read partition table (other stuff unrelated) kernel panic i can boot up using the cdrom to get to "linux rescue; chroot /mnt/sysimage." everything appears ok. if i boot up to "linux rescue" and skip mounting the disks, i can do a sfdisk -V /dev/sda. the result indicates the disk/partition table is okay. any ideas are greatly appreciated. -- regards, allen wayne best, esq "your friendly neighborhood rambler owner" "my rambler will go from 0 to 105" Current date: 23:35:16::282:2003 -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by Email Virus Scanner, and is believed to be clean. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by Email Virus Scanner, and is believed to be clean. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
