Bootup error messages

[Y. Makki]

My disk setup:

# fdisk -l
 
Disk /dev/hda: 40.0 GB, 40020664320 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4865 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
 
   Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hda1   *         1      2433  19543041    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda2          2434      2446    104422+  83  Linux
/dev/hda3          2447      4735  18386392+  83  Linux
/dev/hda4          4736      4865   1044225    f  Win95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/hda5          4736      4865   1044193+  82  Linux swap


Maybe this might be of interest too:

# cat /etc/fstab
LABEL=/                 /                       ext3    defaults       
1 1
LABEL=/boot             /boot                   ext3    defaults       
1 2
none                    /dev/pts                devpts  gid=5,mode=620 
0 0
none                    /proc                   proc    defaults       
0 0
none                    /dev/shm                tmpfs   defaults       
0 0
/dev/hda5               swap                    swap    defaults       
0 0
/dev/cdrom              /mnt/cdrom              udf,iso9660
noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0
/dev/cdrom1             /mnt/cdrom1             udf,iso9660
noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0
/dev/fd0                /mnt/floppy             auto   
noauto,owner,kudzu 0 0
/dev/hdb1               /mnt/storage1           auto   
rw,noexec,uid=500,gid=500 0 0
/dev/hdb5               /mnt/storage2           auto   
rw,noexec,uid=500,gid=500 0 0
/dev/hda1               /mnt/winxp              ntfs   
ro,noexec,uid=500,gid=500 0 0



On Sat, 2004-01-17 at 14:25, David Jackson wrote:
> > timeout=10
> > splashimage=(hd0,1)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
> > title Fedora Core (2.4.22-1.2149.nptl)
> >         root (hd0,1)
> >         kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.22-1.2149.nptl ro root=LABEL=/ hdd=ide-scsi
> > rhgb
> >         initrd /initrd-2.4.22-1.2149.nptl.img
> > title Windows XP
> >         rootnoverify (hd0,0)
> >         chainloader +1
> 
> >> > These messages show up when the pc boots, been like that since I
> >> > installed, any ideas where I should look to figure this one out?
> >> >
> >> >                 Welcome to Fedora Core
> >> >                 Press 'I' to enter interactive startup.
> >> > umount2: Invalid argument
> >> > umount: /initrd: not mounted
> >> > umount2: Invalid argument
> >> > umount: /initrd: not mounted
> >> > Configuring kernel parameters:                             [  OK  ]
> 
> As far as Linux is concerned how is you disk setup:
> /boot = /dev/hda2
> /  = /dev/hda3
> /swap = /dev/hda4
> 
> It's trying to mount /initrd as a partition? If you see "/initrd" in
> /etc/fstab and it's pointing to a partition that doesn't exist comment it
> out "#".
> 
> Dave
>