Unable to boot my system totally - please help!

[Andy Green]

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On Sunday 05 December 2004 11:03, Paul F. Johnson wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Something has gone wrong which means I can't start my main linux box and
> it's no fun!
>
> When I did an update to the current testing kernel, I had the error that
> /proc/partitions couldn't be opened and as such, a conversion couldn't be
> done. grubby then gave a fatal error.
>
> When I do a reboot, the bootloader fires up, but when I choose a kernel,
> all I get it that the kernel can't be found (file not found)
>
> I have /boot on /dev/hda2
>
> Any ideas on getting this working?

Without actually knowing what the problem is, the first move would be to boot 
off your first install CD and select the sort of "recovery mode" boot.

The boot filesystem must be accessible to grub otherwise it cannot show you 
the stuff from /boot/grub/grub.conf.  I would boot into the recovery install 
kernel and look carefully at my /boot/grub/grub.conf to see if it is giving 
the correct partition to boot from.

- -Andy

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