Re: kernel panic : HELP !

["Dr. Pavri" <spavri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 10:17 PM 6/28/99 -0700, you wrote:
>ankura <ankura@xxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> 
>> partition check>
>> autorun done>
>> attempt to access beyond end of device.
>> 03:05, rw=0, want=2,limit=0
>> EXT2-fs: unable to read superblock
>> attempt to access beyond end of device.
>> 03:05:rw=0, want=33,limit=0
>> isofs_read_super: bread failed, dev=03:05,iso_blkmun=16,block=32
>> kernel panic: VFS:unable to mount root fs 
>> 
>
>Boot from a floppy and see if you can mount /dev/hda5.  If you can't,
>then either your disk has hardware problems or it has been corrupted.
>
>	-Arun


Dear Arun, 

could you please explain how (or what) you read in the error mesages that
points to a Hard disk problem ? I'd like to understand how you did it
that's all.

shahrukh.


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