[Linux] oops! kernel panic'd

[Warren Pollans]

Thank you, Bert.  Your "trick" worked and I have computer up and going again.  It
was easier than I had imagined.

Thanks to all the fluxers that responded.

Warren

Bert Garcia wrote:

> A Handy Trick
>
> Have you ever rebuilt a kernel and, eager to try out your new handiwork,
> rebooted before running LILO? And you didn't have an entry for an older
> kernel in lilo.conf?
> Read on...
>
> Here's a handy trick. In many cases, it's possible to boot your Red Hat
> Linux/Intel system from the Red Hat Linux boot disk with your root filesystem
> mounted and ready to
> go. Here's how:
>
> Enter the following command at the boot disk's boot: prompt:
>
>  linux single root=/dev/hdXX initrd=
>
> (Replace the XX in /dev/hdXX with the appropriate letter and number for your
> root partition.)
>
> What does this do? First, it starts the boot in single-user mode, with the
> root partition set to your root partition. The empty initrd specification
> bypasses the
> installation-related image on the boot disk, which will cause you to enter
> single-user mode immediately.
>
> Is there a downside to this trick? Unfortunately, yes. Because the kernel on
> the Red Hat Linux boot disk only has support for IDE built-in, those of you
> with SCSI-based
> systems won't be able to use this trick. In that case, you'll have to use the
> boot/rescue disk combination mentioned above.
>
> Sorry, my advice caused a problem, yes it is 192 instead of 196.
>
> --
> bert garcia