Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3139 mails)

[Marco Fioretti <mfioretti@xxxxxxxxx>]

Knoppix 5 recognizes my on-board ethernet port, so now I can check
what you all suggested and report to the list much faster.

The message I got yesterday is "Kernel panic - not syncing: attempted to kill init".

> > Works file with Knoppix??? If you mean you can mount every 
> partition on the HD with Knoppix (please *say so* if I'm right),

I have now mounted /dev/sda1 on /media/sda1/boot/. However:

> there is probably an error in /boot/menu/grub.conf.

there is no such file. this is the content of that directory:

root@2[knoppix]# ls -lrt /media/sda1/boot/grub/
total 179
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   8744 Jan 22  2006 xfs_stage1_5
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   6112 Jan 22  2006 vstafs_stage1_5
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   6912 Jan 22  2006 ufs2_stage1_5
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    512 Jan 22  2006 stage1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   9024 Jan 22  2006 reiserfs_stage1_5
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   6720 Jan 22  2006 minix_stage1_5
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   8000 Jan 22  2006 jfs_stage1_5
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   6560 Jan 22  2006 iso9660_stage1_5
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   6560 Jan 22  2006 ffs_stage1_5
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   7296 Jan 22  2006 fat_stage1_5
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   7424 Jan 22  2006 e2fs_stage1_5
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 100746 Feb 15  2006 stage2
-rw------- 1 root root    817 Feb 15  2006 menu.lst
-rw------- 1 root root     15 Feb 15  2006 device.map

There is no menu.conf, only menu.lst whose content is:

##############################################################################
root@2[knoppix]# more /media/sda1/boot/grub/menu.lst
# Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Wed Feb 15 05:23:46 Local time zone must be set--see zic manual page 2006

color white/blue black/light-gray
default 0
timeout 8
gfxmenu (hd0,0)/message

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux###
title SUSE LINUX 10.0.42
    root (hd0,0)
    kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/sda3 vga=0x31a selinux=0    resume=/dev/sda2  splash=silent showopts
    initrd /initrd

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe###
title Failsafe -- SUSE LINUX 10.0.42
    root (hd0,0)
    kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/sda3 vga=normal showopts ide=nodma apm=off acpi=off noresume selinux=0 edd=off 3
    initrd /initrd

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: memtest86###
title Memory Test
    kernel (hd0,0)/memtest.bin

#####################################################################################

end of menu.lst

You also asked about fstab, here it is:

root@2[knoppix]# cat /media/sda3/etc/fstab
/dev/sda3            /                    ext3       acl,user_xattr        1 1
/dev/sda1            /boot                ext3       acl,user_xattr        1 2
/dev/sda5            /home                ext3       acl,user_xattr        1 2
/dev/sda6            /mydata              ext3       acl,user_xattr        1 2
/dev/sda2            swap                 swap       defaults              0 0
proc                 /proc                proc       defaults              0 0
sysfs                /sys                 sysfs      noauto                0 0
usbfs                /proc/bus/usb        usbfs      noauto                0 0
devpts               /dev/pts             devpts     mode=0620,gid=5       0 0
root@2[knoppix]#

> > So, to get it clear: you were able to access every partition
> > with Knoppix *after* the kernel panic?

Yes. I have re-checked just now. I have all the /dev/sdx partitions mounted
(except sda2, of course) and everything is ok in them.

I was even able to use /home to make a tarball of my home directory, copy it to
an usb thumb drive and checked its correctness on another computer.

What now?

Again, thanks for any help. Right now I have to use Knoppix to finish an already
overdue project, but since the PC is connected to the internet again and I see
all the partitions I can quickly receive your suggestion (sleep permitting :-) )
and send more info.

Thanks again,
Marco