Re: Problem: no errors, just reboots

[Sven Seibold]

Hi Adrian,

> >>>>> "Sven" == Sven Seibold <address@hidden> writes:
> 
>     Sven> I don't get a single error. If I boot with the disk and then
>     Sven> use the command line everything looks fine. root (hd2,0)
>     Sven> recognizes the partition as reiserfs and I can use cat to
>     Sven> view fiels without problems. I can even still cat the kernel
>     Sven> (2.2.19). Not a single error.  Issuing 'kernel
>     Sven> (hd2,0)/vmlinuz-2.2.19 root=/dev/hdc1' causes simply a
>     Sven> reboot. No error message, nothing. Using the boot menu on
>     Sven> the disk (it worked after the W2k installation) I can very
>     Sven> shortly see the 'root (hd2,0)' command and then I get a
>     Sven> reboot as well (next command is kernel as above).  Turning
>     Sven> debug and fstest on does not show any errors either.
> 
> Have you got a CD or rescue diskette you can boot with to check the
> filesystem ? Or boot another kernel (from a diskette) but make it use
> hdc1 as its root ?

I downloaded a rescue disk that supports reiserfs and could boot the very
same root partition with this disk. I then used "grub-install '(hd0)'" to
reinstall grub, reboot and everything works fine again.
So I got it booting again but I am still interested in the cause of my
problem.

Cheers,
 Sven

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