boot problem

[blann]

Dear Mr. McClure,
 Many thanks for the kind reply. Before confessing sins since, I put in the 
rescue CD, and reply to
find linux was: 'you don't have any linux partitions'
 I confess that I tried to run a live disk ubuntu9.10, then did an install . 
So partition magic 8.0 tells me that
my HD looks like:
 PARTITION  TYPE   SIZE  USED    UNUSED   STATUS     PRI/LOG
local[C]            NTSF    132GB                                  active 
primary
Local disc[*]     linux ext3  103mb 0         0                  none 
"
[*]                   extended     20gb   20gb   0                   " 
"
Local disk[E]    ntfs            10gb     6.6    10gb             " 
logical
disk[*]            linux ext3     9.5gb    9.5gb  0                  " 
"
swapspace2[*] linux swap   470mb    0.0      470mb       "               '

Any suggestions as to what I might try?
If I try to do a linux fc6 re-install, might this work? Will reinstall find 
the way to the linux partitions?
Thanks for any help on this-  Marshall
p.s.-the ubuntu was installed on the second ntfs partition which it created 
from linux space-

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob McClure Jr" <bob at bobcatos.com>
To: "Getting started with Red Hat Linux" <redhat-install-list at redhat.com>
Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 4:13 PM
Subject: Re: boot problem


> On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 12:04:38PM -1000, blann wrote:
>> Hi,
>>   Having a problem at boot for my FC5 linux on dual boot with WinXP. I 
>> manually
>> powered down XP while it was trying to install an update. After that, 
>> when I went
>> to boot Fedora, I got a final message:
>> kernel panic- not syncing- attempted to kill init
>> before that I got messages "unable to access resume device /dev/Vol 
>> Group00/logV01)
>> could not find filesystem /dev/root
>>
>> I have a FC rescue CD which brings up a set of choices- but not sure what 
>> to try
>> short of re-installation. Suggestions welcome- thanks- Marshall
>> blann at gte.net
>
> At the boot: prompt on the rescue CD, put "linux rescue".
>
> Answer the dialogs about language and keyboard.
>
> When it asks about networking, tell it No.
>
> When it offers to find and mount Linux systems, hit "Continue".  If it
> finds only one, it will mount it.  If more than one, it will give you
> a choice.  If successful, it will so inform you.  Hit OK.  At the
> shell prompt, do these:
>
>  chroot /mnt/sysimage
>  grub-install /dev/hda # Assumes that is your boot drive
>  exit # or ^D out of the chroot shell
>  exit # or ^D out of the rescue shell
>
> and it will reboot.  Pop out the CD.
>
> If that doesn't work, you may need to repeat, but after the chroot, cd
> to boot/grub and inspect grub.conf.  Drop a note back here to see
> where we go from there.
>
> Cheers,
> -- 
> Bob McClure, Jr.             Bobcat Open Systems, Inc.
> bob at bobcatos.com             http://www.bobcatos.com
> A man's pride brings him low, but a man of lowly spirit gains honor.
> Proverbs 29:23 (NIV)
>
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