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RH4.0 postinstallation problems
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Deming Zhuang)
Sun Nov 3 13:00:45 1996
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Date: Sun, 3 Nov 1996 14:03:14 -0400 (AST)
From: "Deming Zhuang" <Deming.Zhuang@MSVU.Ca>
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Hi
I have tried to upgrade my Redhat linux from 3.03 to 4.0, using
official version CD. After upgrade and build new kernel, I think
I messed up with lilo.
I have a 486/66 with 20 mb ram.
DOS disk is /dev/hda, it is 1.7 GB that's running OnTrack
to let the BIOS/DOS recognize it. It is the master drive
linux disk is /dev/hdb it is 1.6 GB.
Now, what happens it that the booting process is like this:
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LILO boot: dos
Loading dos
LIL-
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The LILO users guide said something like the descriptor table
is corrupt, caused by a geometry mismatch or because I didn't
run /sbin/lilo before moving /boot/map (which I didn't even
touch, and I did run /sbin/lilo).
However, if I type 'linux' at the LILO prompt, it goes in
with many error messages saying there are undefined
symbols in modules. Also, I can't access DOS. The usual
mount directory, /dos, is empty. When I manually mount /dos using
mount /dev/hda1 /dos, the error message is:
[MS-DOS FS Rel. 12, FAT 0, check=n, conv=b, uid=0, gid=0, umask=022, bmap]
[me=0x30, cs=0, #f=241, fs=0, fl=0, ds=0, de=31690, data=0, se=13618,
ts=16856449, ls=0]
Transaction block size=512
VFS: Can't find a valid MSDOS filesystem on dev 03:01.
mount: you must specify the filesystem type.
When I mount using:
mount -t msdos /dev/hda1 /dos, the error message is:
[MS-DOS FS Rel. 12, FAT 0, check=n, conv=b, uid=0, gid=0, umask=022, bmap]
[me=0x30, cs=0, #f=241, fs=0, fl=0, ds=0, de=31690, data=0, se=13618,
ts=16856449, ls=0]
Transaction block size=512
VFS: Can't find a valid MSDOS filesystem on dev 03:01.
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hda1,
or too many mounted file systems
If anyone knows how to fix the problem, please help.
Thanks
Deming Zhuang
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