What I would do is just use a rescue disk (I know you can use some of the
install CDs to boot into a shell, or you can get a shell from the install)
then mount your linux partition where the kernel is and rerun lilo (assuming
that you use lilo as your boot loader)
say your linux root partition is on /dev/hda3. After you get a shell from a
rescue disk or install CD, then
mkdir a
mount /dev/hda3 a
chroot a
cd /
lilo
exit
cd /
umount a
then shutdown and try your normal boot again. If you have a boot partition
where your kernel is, you'll have to mount that also so lilo can find the
kernel image (mount it into /boot on the previously mounted root partition
- mount /dev/hda4 a/boot for the above example issued right after the
first mount command)
scott
Bryan-TheBS-Smith wrote:
> bpreece1@tampabay.rr.com wrote:
> > On Diana's PC we have it set to dual boot both Windoze and Mandrake 8.0
> > The other night we had to run scan disk and defrag on her Windoze side.
> > After that she rebooted the system now after the Boot Manger Loads up
> > we are getting a kernel panic.
>
> Ouch! At what point do you get your kernel panic? E.g., the last
> few lines before the panic would be nice.
>
> > Is there a way we can re run the mandrake setup as a upgrade option
> > and let it reinstall so that we do not loose any data or are we
> > basically SOL!
>
> Why not boot into rescue mode and mount the partitions?
>
> Or even maybe mount the Windows partition, and tarball all your
> important files up on it.
>
> > This is the first time I have ran into this problem so any help
> > would be appreciated.
>
> You gotta love Windows. It never stops screwing with the partition
> table, especially on >32GB (using 2^30=1GB, 33.8GB using 10^9=1GB)
> drives.
>
> -- TheBS
>
> --
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