Re: boot-failure-2.3.99-pre10-2

From: Andries Brouwer (aeb@veritas.com)
Date: Fri May 26 2000 - 14:16:55 EST


On Fri, May 26, 2000 at 12:11:53PM -0400, auggie@3web.net wrote:

> > > 2.3.99-pre7-5 runs ok, however, with 2.3.99-pre10-2, even though it
> > > compiles without incident, it fails on boot with the following
> > > messages:
> > > attempt to access beyond end of device
> > > 16:42: rw=0, want=2, limit=1
> > > Kernel panic: Unable to mount root fs on 16:42
> >
> > This is typically what one would get if the kernel
> > wants to boot from /dev/hdd2 where /dev/hdd2 is
> > not a logical partition but an extended partition.
> >
> > Check your "Partition check:"
>
> The hdd2 partition is not an extended partition, it is a logical linux
> type 83.
> By the way, 2.3.99-pre7-5 boots ok, 2.3.99-pre10-2 does not.

What is the "Partition check:" that you get from 2.3.99-pre10-2?

Andries

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