On Thu, 6 Mar 2003 22:18:11 -0500 "Andrew Henwood" <henwood.andrew@verizon.net> wrote: > Thanks for the help. I checked to see if /boot/initrd-2.4.18-14.img > exists and it does. How do I know it is corrupt and how do you make a > new one? > > Andrew 'mkinitrd --help' shows an example. but you have to rescue from rescue media first and chroot as Dusan mentioned. I can't tell you how to rescue your particular box. This will kinda give you the idea but you have to know the partitions and how they mount to do it. <http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-7.3-Manual/custom-guide/s 1-rescuemode-boot.html> Google can help you too. Kevin > -----Original Message----- > From: psyche-list-admin@redhat.com > [mailto:psyche-list-admin@redhat.com] On Behalf Of Kevin Brouelette > Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 10:09 AM > To: psyche-list@redhat.com > Subject: Re: Unable to boot RH 8.0 > > On Wed, 5 Mar 2003 19:28:49 -0500 > "Andrew Henwood" <henwood.andrew@verizon.net> wrote: > > > I am having a heck of a time booting Red Hat 8.0. I am upgrading > > from Red Hat 7.3. There is no problem with the upgrade. The > > problem starts when I boot. The system just hangs at ININT: version > > 2.84 booting. > > > > At first I thought it was my boot loader but it looks OK. > > > > PC information: > > > > Hardware: > > AMD Athlon 800mhz (is compatible with Red Hat 8.0) > > 384mb of RAM > > > > Grub is configured as follows: > > > > title Red Hat Linux (2.4.18-14) > > root (hd1, 0) > > kernal /vmlinuz-2.4.18-14 ro root=LABEL=/ hdd=ide-scsi > > initrd /initrd-2.4.18.img > > > > title Windows XP > > root noverify (hd0,0) > > chainloader +1 > > What do I need to do to load Red Hat 8.0? Any help would be greatly > > appreciated. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Andrew > > > Hello, unless you typed this by hand, you ,mispelled 'kernel' and > and 'initrd /initrd-2.4.18.img' should probably be 'initrd > /initrd-2.4.18-14.img' > if you have default Redhat install. Does the > /boot/initrd-2.4.18-14.img' > > file exist? It could be corrupted so you may have to rescue and make a > new one. > > Kevin Brouelette, RHCE > > > > > -- > Psyche-list mailing list > Psyche-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list > > > > > -- > Psyche-list mailing list > Psyche-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
