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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

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> I am getting closer to booting loop linux from SCSI drive:
>
> The DESKPRO had no config.sys, which explains why it would not boot past
> the first line.  Our previous Presario with SiS video did Xvesa despite
> config.sys (but it had a few other problems so we replaced it).  I think I
> tried it with 2.4.31, but maybe only with 2.2.16.
>
> I added a config.sys to the Deskpro and attempted to boot loop with
> kernel 2.4.31 and my own scsi kernel (which I have been using all along)
> and my own initfs.gz (with /dev/sda1 and with linuxrc that mounts it).
>
>
> It started to boot (got past the uncomressing linux line) and found sda1
> sda2 sda3, 0,0,0 , then:
>
> RAMDISK:  Compressed image found at block 0
> Freeing initrd memory:  42K freed
> EXT2-fs warning:  checktime reached, running e2fsck is recommended
> VFS:  Mounted root (ext2 filesystem)

I LEFT OUT THE LINE:
EXT2-fs:  Unable to read superblock.

> FAT:  Unable to read boot sector                WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE?
> FAT:  Unable to read boot sector
> isofs_read_super_bread failed, dev=07:00
>    iso_blknum=16, block=32
> Kernel panic:  VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 07:00


Can I run e2fsck on fs.img?  (Using floppy disk BL3.40).  I thought it had 
to be run on a device (e2fsck /dev/hda1 for instance).  How do we fix 
errors in a loop file system without mounting it?  Why can't it read the 
superblock?


The two Compaqs that require himem.sys and emm386.exe to boot to ext2 with 
loadlin were or are both 400MHz - one AMD K6/2 Socket 7 (upgraded by us to 
500MHz), and one Intel or something under a very large heat sink.  The one 
that worked better was AMD K6/2 475MHz (but it worked better at 300MHz, 
USB was intermittent otherwise).  What speed are yours, Steven?


It is now 5:45 am.  We have three computers with problems now, if you 
include the one where the scsi controller is failing, which I need to fix 
using the Compaq scsi computer to copy files from the other scsi drive to 
IDE drive.

Sindi