Two versions of Linux and Windows.

[Doug Laidlaw]

Mauriat wrote:

> Doug Laidlaw wrote:
>

>> I have Mandrake 9.0 and Windows 98 on /dev/hda, and Knoppix on /dev/hdb.
>> This seems to confuse the FAT, so that I can boot into Windows and
>> Mandrake,
>> but not Knoppix without several errors. Would I be better off to have
>> all the boot partitions on one drive, and move say the /home partitions
>> to
>> /dev/hdb? Are there any disadvantages in doing it this way?
>>
>> TIA,
>>
>> Doug.

>
> What does "confuse the FAT" mean? You can have 2 linux and 1 windows on
> the same drive. Why don't you post what problems you see and what errors
> are occurring and fix them one by one? What errors are you seeing in
> Knoppix? What bootloaders are you using? Provide more info and people
> can help better.
>

Sorry. The messages are lengthy, and without a running OS, I can't save
them to disk. As far as I can see, the following lines indicate problems:

Idm_validate_partition-table(): Disk read failed
Unable to read partition table
FAT: bogus logical sector size 0 (twice)
Kernel panic VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:06

My bootloader is LILO. I don't get as far as launching knoppix.

Doug.
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[Eric Moors]

>>

>> What does "confuse the FAT" mean? You can have 2 linux and 1 windows on
>> the same drive. Why don't you post what problems you see and what errors
>> are occurring and fix them one by one? What errors are you seeing in
>> Knoppix? What bootloaders are you using? Provide more info and people
>> can help better.
>>

> Sorry. The messages are lengthy, and without a running OS, I can't save
> them to disk. As far as I can see, the following lines indicate problems:
>
> Idm_validate_partition-table(): Disk read failed
> Unable to read partition table
> FAT: bogus logical sector size 0 (twice)
> Kernel panic VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:06

03:06 is hda6, which doesn't sound right if this is your knoppix install
on hdb. Change your lilo.conf (root= line) *and* run /sbin/lilo

>
> My bootloader is LILO. I don't get as far as launching knoppix.

Then run /sbin/lilo from mandrake with the knoppix's lilo.conf

Eric

[Doug Laidlaw]

Eric Moors wrote:

>>>
>>> What does "confuse the FAT" mean? You can have 2 linux and 1 windows on
>>> the same drive. Why don't you post what problems you see and what errors
>>> are occurring and fix them one by one? What errors are you seeing in
>>> Knoppix? What bootloaders are you using? Provide more info and people
>>> can help better.
>>>

>> Sorry. The messages are lengthy, and without a running OS, I can't save
>> them to disk. As far as I can see, the following lines indicate
>> problems:
>>
>> Idm_validate_partition-table(): Disk read failed
>> Unable to read partition table
>> FAT: bogus logical sector size 0 (twice)
>> Kernel panic VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:06

>
> 03:06 is hda6, which doesn't sound right if this is your knoppix install
> on hdb. Change your lilo.conf (root= line) *and* run /sbin/lilo
>

>>
>> My bootloader is LILO. I don't get as far as launching knoppix.

>
> Then run /sbin/lilo from mandrake with the knoppix's lilo.conf
>
> Eric

Thanks Eric. To do that I will need to boot into Mandrake's Rescue mode. I
also have tomsrtbt, which is much more flexible. I used to kave it working
after a fashion with a composite lilo.conf, but had version conflicts - the
knoppix kernel wouldn't support ext3, so I couldn't save from Knoppix to
Mandrake directories (well, I could, but it seemed to wreck the directory's
fs,) and Mandrake's e2fsck was too old for knoppix. Now I have the latest
e2fsck installed, so the second problem seems fixed.
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They say lightning never strikes twice in the same place. My typing is
about as accurate. Apologies for any typos that slip in. Oh for Linux
voice dictation.- Doug.

[Doug Laidlaw]

Eric Moors wrote:

>> Kernel panic VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:06

>
> 03:06 is hda6, which doesn't sound right if this is your knoppix install
> on hdb. Change your lilo.conf (root= line) *and* run /sbin/lilo
>

>>
>> My bootloader is LILO. I don't get as far as launching knoppix.

>
> Then run /sbin/lilo from mandrake with the knoppix's lilo.conf
>
> Eric

The "root=" line points to /dev/hdb5, which is correct. Knoppix is booted
via a /mnt partition in Mandrake. My full lilo.conf is as follows:

boot=/dev/hda
map=/boot/map
vga=normal
default=linux
keytable=/boot/us.klt
prompt
nowarn
timeout=100
message=/boot/message
menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw
ignore-table
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label=linux
root=/dev/hda7
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
append="devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi"
read-only
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label=failsafe
root=/dev/hda7
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
append="failsafe devfs=nomount hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi"
read-only
image=/mnt/knoppix/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20-xfs
label=Knoppix
root=/dev/hdb5
read-only
# restricted
# alias=1
other=/dev/hda1
label=windows
table=/dev/hda
other=/dev/fd0
label=floppy
unsafe

Vmlinuz is of course Mandrake. There is no initrd in Knoppix. /dev/hdb5 is
/mnt/knoppix and is 96% full. Is that relevant? /dev/hdb6 is swap, but
there is plenty of space (1 GB) in /dev/hdb7, which is unused at the
moment.

Doug.

--
Registered Linux User No. 277548.
They say lightning never strikes twice in the same place. My typing is
about as accurate. Apologies for any typos that slip in. - Doug.

[Eric Moors]

> The "root=" line points to /dev/hdb5, which is correct. Knoppix is booted

> via a /mnt partition in Mandrake. My full lilo.conf is as follows:

Okay.
How whas knoppix installed? Was hdb then already hdb
(and not connected as hda?)

> boot=/dev/hda
> map=/boot/map
> vga=normal
> default=linux
> keytable=/boot/us.klt
> prompt
> nowarn
> timeout=100
> message=/boot/message
> menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw
> ignore-table
> image=/boot/vmlinuz
> label=linux
> root=/dev/hda7
> initrd=/boot/initrd.img
> append="devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi"
> read-only
> image=/boot/vmlinuz
> label=failsafe
> root=/dev/hda7
> initrd=/boot/initrd.img
> append="failsafe devfs=nomount hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi"
> read-only
> image=/mnt/knoppix/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20-xfs
> label=Knoppix
> root=/dev/hdb5
> read-only
> # restricted
> # alias=1
> other=/dev/hda1
> label=windows
> table=/dev/hda
> other=/dev/fd0
> label=floppy
> unsafe
>
> Vmlinuz is of course Mandrake. There is no initrd in Knoppix. /dev/hdb5 is
> /mnt/knoppix and is 96% full. Is that relevant?

No. partitioning etc. is irrelevant at the moment where your booting
process fails. You are sure that this lilo is installed?
ie. did you run `/sbin/lilo -v` without problems.

Eric

[Doug Laidlaw]

Doug Laidlaw wrote:

> Eric Moors wrote:
>
>

>>> Kernel panic VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:06

>>
>> 03:06 is hda6, which doesn't sound right if this is your knoppix install
>> on hdb. Change your lilo.conf (root= line) *and* run /sbin/lilo
>>

>>>
>>> My bootloader is LILO. I don't get as far as launching knoppix.

>>
>> Then run /sbin/lilo from mandrake with the knoppix's lilo.conf
>>
>> Eric

>
> The "root=" line points to /dev/hdb5, which is correct. Knoppix is booted
> via a /mnt partition in Mandrake. My full lilo.conf is as follows:
>
> boot=/dev/hda
> map=/boot/map
> vga=normal
> default=linux
> keytable=/boot/us.klt
> prompt
> nowarn
> timeout=100
> message=/boot/message
> menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw
> ignore-table
> image=/boot/vmlinuz
> label=linux
> root=/dev/hda7
> initrd=/boot/initrd.img
> append="devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi"
> read-only
> image=/boot/vmlinuz
> label=failsafe
> root=/dev/hda7
> initrd=/boot/initrd.img
> append="failsafe devfs=nomount hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi"
> read-only
> image=/mnt/knoppix/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20-xfs
> label=Knoppix
> root=/dev/hdb5
> read-only
> # restricted
> # alias=1
> other=/dev/hda1
> label=windows
> table=/dev/hda
> other=/dev/fd0
> label=floppy
> unsafe
>
> Vmlinuz is of course Mandrake. There is no initrd in Knoppix. /dev/hdb5
> is
> /mnt/knoppix and is 96% full. Is that relevant? /dev/hdb6 is swap, but
> there is plenty of space (1 GB) in /dev/hdb7, which is unused at the
> moment.
>
> Doug.
>

I reinstalled Knoppix' lilo.conf and was able to boot into Knoppix O.K., but
then I couldn't return to the original without Kernel Panic on both
distros, so I gave up and reinstalled Mandrake. And I was just waiting for
it to stabilize before making an "image" of my Mandrake system with
mkcdrec.

Doug.
--
Registered Linux User No. 277548.
They say lightning never strikes twice in the same place. My typing is
about as accurate. Apologies for any typos that slip in. - Doug.