Tried fdisk /dev/hda and response was could not open /dev/hda. I tried cfdisk and the command was not available. I don't want to reinstall but if I have it is no big deal. I don't understand why hdparm had such adverse effects on RH7.0 when it did what I wanted in 6.2. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "der.hans" To: Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2000 9:59 PM Subject: Re: Kernel panic! > Am 05. Oct, 2000 schwäzte John W so: > > > I wish I could I cannot even get into the system. I have a rescue > > disk but honestly wouldn't know what to do. > > I know hdparm is risky but I did everything the same as I did in Rh > > 6.2 and experienced no problems. > > Do you still have your install cd? If so, boot with it, change to and > see what you can discover from the command line. You don't have many tools > available there, but more than you do with a kernel panic :). See if fdisk > and cfdisk think you have valid partitions. If they do, see if you can > mount them. Make stuff up from there ;-). > > ciao, > > der.hans > -- > # der.hans@LuftHans.com home.pages.de/~lufthans/ www.Opnix.com > # Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -- > # I took the one less traveled by, > # And that has made all the difference. -- Robert Frost > # I, OTOH, prefer to just go stomping through the desert... - der.hans > > > ________________________________________________ > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > Plug-discuss mailing list - Plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss