Kernel panic!

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" <PLUGd@LuftHans.com>
To: <plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us>
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
<F2> 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
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>
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