[Gllug] Help please - non - starting Linux

[John Rutter]

Dear Harry
Thank you for your reply.  The data on my Liniux partition is not important.  The data on my Windows partition is backed up on CD-R.  I should add that 
Windows loads, its only Liux that does not load.
08/02/2002 17:07:49, "Jackson, Harry" <HJackson at colt-telecom.com> wrote:

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>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: John Rutter [mailto:johnrutter at ntlworld.com]
>> 
>> I have Mandrake Linux 2.4.8-2.6Mdk installed as a dual boot 
>> with WME by myself.  I have the £56 Mandrake Linux 8.1 boxed 
>> set.  It installed no problem until 
>> one day.  Now at the welcome screen the system freezes with 
>> the message:
>> "Kernal panic: VFS: Unable to to mount root fs on 03:05"
>> If you have any suggestions for getting roungd this problem I 
>> would be grateful.  I have tried to reinstall Linux but the 
>> existing partition is not recognised.  I have a 
>> 40 Gb hard disk split in 2 equal partitions.  Athlon 1.3 Ghz 
>
>How important is the data on the disk.
>
>Harry
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