failure notice (fwd)

[Dieter Stuebinger]

> Thierry Laronde schrieb:
> > On Fri, Mar 02, 2001 at 08:47:42PM +0100, Dieter Stuebinger wrote:
> > > Please help me:
> > > I´ve got a hard disk 40 Gbyte, Windows Me installed and I´ve partitioned
> >  for 
> > > Linux which now ist starting only by floppy.
> > > checking the harddisk by fdisk /dev/hda in SuSE.linux I get folowing 
> > > information:
> > > /dev/hda1 *  FAT32  Id c  LBA
> > > /dev/hda2    FAT32 Extd  Id f LBA
> > > /dev/hda5    FAT32  Id b
> > > /dev/hda6    FAT32  Id b
> > > /dev/hda7    FAT16  Id 6
> > > /dev/hda8    Linux  Id 83
> > > /dev/hda9    Linux swap  Id 82
> > > /dev/hda10  Linux  Id 83
> > > Trying to use GRUB 0.5.96.1-i386-pc I`ve started from floppy grub>
> >  rootnoverify 
> > > (hd0,0)  -- grub>makeactive  --- grub>chainloader +1  ---grub>boot  and
> >  hurrah 
> > > the windows Me configuration was started.
> > > But trying to find boot configuration for Linux I´m driving to despair. 
> > > I used the `find` command grub>find /vmlinuz and got the answer hd0,7.
> > > trying to load grub>kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda? I used any number from
>  1
> >  to 
> > > 10 but got always answer "cannot mount the partition".
> >
> > try :
> >
> > > root (hd0,7)
> > > kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda8
> >
> > Cheers,
> > -- 
> > Thierry LARONDE <address@hidden>
> > 10, rue du Bel Air, 74000 ANNECY - FRANCE/ Tel : 33.(0)4.50.67.46.61
> > /home du SDF (Site Debian Francophone) : http://sdf.polynum.org/
> Thank you,
> I`ve tried:
> kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda8
> and got answer:
> [Linux-bzImage, setup=0xe00, size=0xc4794]
> and I wrote: "boot"
> answer: 
> Warning: unable to open an initial console.
> Kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel.
>
>
> So what should I do now or do you need more information to give me more 
> explanation ?
> thanks,
> dieter
>

Dr. Dieter Stübinger
Beethovenstrasse 18
D-35279 Neustadt