Topic: sme 6.5 wont boot badly need help

[nefkho]

hi,

my 6.5 wont boot anymore here here is the problem:

vfs: can't find ext3 filesystem on dev ide0 (3,3)
mount: error 22 mounting ext3
pivotroot: pivot_root (/sysinit,/sysroot/initrd) failed:2


any one can help me please...

[nigeltodd]

Easiest is probably to reload SME, and then restore from the backup you have!

Don't you?

[nefkho]

too bad i dont have the backup .... one lesson learned make a backup always hehehe thanks.

[nigeltodd]

"there are only 2 types of people - those who have lost data, and those who are going to!"

[nefkho]

i tried mounting the drive to winxp but said that the partition is unformated anyway for me to access the drive?

please.

[ergozd]

May be you could try to boot up your system with a Live CD distro like Knoppix and see whether or not you can access your harddrive.

[mbachmann]

Try http://www.sysresccd.org/. Hope for you that the drive is not toasted.