when i try to boot a rescue i get a DMA timeout, i have no idea if that means my HD is bad or what, i know what DMA is but that is about it. ----- Original Message ----- From: Erick Stohr To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2001 10:17 AM Subject: [TCLUG] broken system I am getting this erro message when booting my linux system, happens when the partitions are being checked: request_module[block-major-8]:Root fs not mounted VFS: Cannot open root file device 08:32 Kernal panic VFS Unable to mount root fs on 08:32 Any ideas? I have booted and looked at the system with "rescue" mode and run fsck on the partitions, but have no idea what else to do. thanks for any help. Erick -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20010922/14cd3bc0/attachment.html