On Feb 2, 2:12 pm, pauljdud...@earthlink.net wrote:
> Help.. A few days ago I wrote in about rearranging my disks as follows:
>
> > Hello,
> > I would like to rearrange my hard drive configuration. Currently
> >I have hda ( win2k ), hdb ( a small disk w/Slackware 11 ) and hdd
> > which is a larger disk ( also Slack 11 ) to replace hdb. hdc is
> > my CD writer.
> > I tried removing the older small disk - hdb - and put the larger
> > disk in it's place. But then when I tried to reboot I got a whole
> > mess of Lx's ( I forget what x was, 9 or 90 comes to mind ).
> > Would someone kindly explain how to rearrange things so that hda
> > remains win2k, hdb my large Slack and hdc stays CD writer. I intend
> > to remove the small Slack disk. What files do I need to modify and
> > how. I do remember editing fstab but I still got the Lx's stated
> > above.
> > It is my intent to start doing backups on my PC but I want the
> > disk arrangement taken care of first.
>
> Ok. So I got feedback. It was explained to edit fstab and make the changes
> to reflect the new set up. Then I switched my Linux disk with my CD writer
> making Linux hdc and the CD-W hdd. Then I disconnected the old Linux
> disk ( was hdb) and then edited lilo.conf and changed hdd1 to hdc1. Then
> I ran lilo. Lilo did complain about it ( forgot what it said ) but I went on
> anyway. I then rebooted . At some point the boot process stopped and
> the following appeared:
> kernal panic: VFS: Unable to mount roof fs on 16:01 ............
>
> Oh boy.. So I rearranged the hardware configuration the way it was before
> I started and it still won't boot the Linux ...
>
> Can someone (hopefully someone familiar with the afore mentioned thread)
> please explain what I did wrong or might now do ?
>
> Paul

The problem is most likely still your /etc/fstab. How are you
determining where your root partition is? Try booting the install CD
and run "fdisk -l" and try modifying your fstab accordingly, then run
lilo. If you only have one Linux partition this should be easy to
figure out.

Paul