HD Install :: updating lilo config problem

thanks b1m1,

Although that did allow me to re-install lilo, for some reason, I'm still getting the kernel panic... I'll have to look into it further... or go back to vector linux

it seems to be mounting a fat partition for some reason (there are no fat partition on the disk)

This is the last two lines it displays:

FAT: bogus logical sector size 0
kernel panic: VFS: unable to mount root fs on 03:01

I'm getting really frustrated with this... anyone have any ideas?

My disk is partitioned approximately like the following

hda1 ~ 1900 megs - primary partition - root
hda2 ~ 700 megs swap partition - primary
hda3 ~ 20 gigs - primary partition - nothing

typing this out here and seeing the word "logical" in the error above, I just realized maybe having them all as primary partitions is causing some kind of problem (though it's been fine in other distros)... anways I'll try repartitioning while I wait for help from forum users like you.

I think I have had similar problems too - unable to mount root on fs 03:01.

Im not sure what fixed it but I think it was that i changed the harddisk in the BIOS from LBA to standard/normal and then remade the partitions using fdisk in cyclinder mode. I remember all using fdisk to rewrite a dos FAT. You could also try using smaller partition sizes to eliminate any problems with the BIOS trying to access disk sizes outsize its limitations.

Sorry I can't be more help.

Oh one other thing, maybe if lilo.conf has LBA setting in it, you have to ensure your disk are formatted that way.

Oh and did you set your partition type (82/83) and format the partitions? Just checking..

Regards b1m1

BTW my harddisk hda1, hda2 and hda3 are primary partition types as well but my partition sizes are small ~200meg and total harddisk size is 2Gig.

Regards b1m1

B1M1 may have it. if this was a windoze fat machine, and you didn't set the type in cfdisk, you can get this error.

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