Re: Bit of an emergency!!

First things first... 0x82 is the Linux Swap identification
So it's not going to be able to mount whatever the default root device is.

So I think I would try looking at this thread for help:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=224351

Cheers...
Piet

Blake Eggemeyer wrote:
> yesterday Synaptic told me there were updates, so i updated, one of the
> updates was a new kernal image.
> i just tried to boot and i cant.
> when i get the normal OS selection screen in b/w there is a new kernel
> option listed, as expected due to the update.
> but when i try to boot from ANY of the kernel options i get
> booting ubuntu kernel XX_XX_XX
> root (hd0,1)
> fs type unknown, partition type ox82
> kernel /boot/vmlinuxXX_XX_XX root=/dev/hda2 ro quiet splash
>
> error 17: cannot mount partition
>
> any key...
>
> i have tried a few other partition numbers, but i cant get any to work
> suggestions please??
>
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Received on Tue Dec 19 14:08:59 2006