Bug 6546
Summary: | Kernel Panic... unable to mount root fs... | ||
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Product: | [Retired] Red Hat Linux | Reporter: | gamercier |
Component: | installer | Assignee: | Jay Turner <jturner> |
Status: | CLOSED RAWHIDE | QA Contact: | |
Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |
Priority: | medium | ||
Version: | 6.1 | CC: | gamercier, srevivo |
Target Milestone: | --- | ||
Target Release: | --- | ||
Hardware: | i386 | ||
OS: | Linux | ||
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Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | |
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Last Closed: | 2000-02-09 02:25:09 UTC | Type: | --- |
Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- |
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oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
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Description
gamercier
1999-10-30 21:44:08 UTC
You can use the 6.1 CDROM to get into rescue mode without having to use a boot disk. This is a new feature in the 6.1 installer, as with previous installers, the user had to have the boot disk made during the installation as well as a rescue.img diskette. Just throw the CDROM into the drive and type "linux rescue" at the boot prompt. This will drop you into a bash shell where you should be able to rerun lilo to determine why you are getting a kernel panic as a result of not finding the root partition. Reopen this bug if you continue to have problems. |