[linux-audio-user] Ardour Crash + can't boot

[Fernando Pablo Lopez-Lezcano]

> > So this is probably where the new install is located. Did you try
> > /dev/hdb1? There must be one. What is the output of:
> >   fdisk -l /dev/hda
> >   fdisk -l /dev/hdb
> 
> I believe I tried e2label /dev/hdb1 and got the same error as on hda2 - but
> not SURE - the machine is currently off - at some point I tried a reboot and
> it got stuck (and old oddity) and I turned it off for the time being as I am
> leaving shortly...
> 
> > Anyway, any grub experts out there? Probably grub needs to be pointed to
> > /dev/hdb1 as the root partition, right?
> 
> an interesting problem is GETTING to grub.  I did find a grub.conf - I think
> in /dev/hdb2/etc - somewhere or other - but when I tried to edit it, it
> couldn't get it open
> 
> I wish I knew the options at that floppy's boot:  prompt because I sort of
> guess at things to try - like I tried booting and giving that prompt "linux
> boot=/dev/hdb3  and such and init= and root= and a few different things.  at
> this point it's always the same, since I first booted up using "linux
> single", it now has always booted and not done the kernel panic, but given
> me the filesystem error and dropped me to a shell.

So you can get a root shell? Check /etc/fstab to see if it is pointing
to the right places, particular that "/" is pointing to the right
device.

-- Fernando