[plug] Raid rescue

Andrew Howell andrew at it.net.au
Wed Jan 7 11:59:39 WST 2004


Build a kernel and put it on a floppy disk.

Or boot off the debian CD and use one half of your mirror as the root
disk. (Assuming your raid is RAID 1)

Andrew

On Wed, 2004-01-07 at 11:54, Adam Hewitt wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I have a debian server that I have just installed a new kernel on and 
> the lilo install has obviously been stuffed as I get a page of zero's 
> and ones as soon as the boot hits lilo. I can't even get a boot prompt 
> to boot the old kernel so I am left trying to use the debian CD as a 
> rescue disk...However I can't get it to boot, obviously because the 
> rescue disk doesn't include RAID drivers, and every attempt ends in 
> kernel panic.
> 
> Can someone please nudge me in the right direction?
> 
> Adam. 
> 
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