Cannot open root devce "hda7" or uknown-block (0,0)
Please append a correct "root=" boot option
Kernel Panic - not syncing :VFS:Unable to mount root fs on uknown-block (0,0)

Here is the Menu.lst file and would I also have to configure the fstab also and then I'm going to install SUSE will it detect the partitions if I don't configure it.

It looks like I don't have to configure the fstab

/etc/fstab

Your filesystem settings and mountpoints are configured here. The install program should have created the necessary entries for you, but you should look over it and make sure it's right.


# Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Mon Jul 3 18:29:13 EDT 2006

color white/blue black/light-gray
default 0
timeout 8
gfxmenu (hd0,5)/boot/message

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: windows 2###

title Windows XP
chainloader (hd0,1)+1

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux###
title SUSE Linux 10.1
root (hd0,5)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda6 vga=0x31a resume=/dev/hda5 splash=silent showopts
initrd /boot/initrd

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: floppy###
title Floppy
chainloader (fd0)+1

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe###
title Failsafe -- SUSE Linux 10.1
root (hd0,5)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda6 vga=normal showopts ide=nodma apm=off acpi=off noresume nosmp noapic maxcpus=0 edd=off 3
initrd /boot/initrd

title Previous Kernel -- SUSE LINUX 10.1
root (hd0,5)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz.previous root=/dev/hda6 vga=0x31a resume=/dev/hda5 splash=silent showopts
initrd /boot/initrd.previous

Those three I mentioned all have been setup to triboot with Debian I had it install the Bootloader then Reinstalled and SUSE overwrote and detected it but what would It look like without the Yast info also Arch is going to be installed in /hda7 so it over writes Debian.


title Windows XP
chainloader (hd0,1)+1

title SUSE Linux 10.1
root (hd0,5)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda6 vga=0x31a resume=/dev/hda5 splash=silent showopts
initrd /boot/initrd

title Arch Linux
root (hd0,6) - is this hda7
kernel /boot/
initrd /boot/initrd

Does vga stand for the monitor and what is mkinicpio and mkinitrd the only one I have used so far is initrd also what does resume=/dev/hda5 mean and hda5 is the swap.

Also Arch is a cross between Slackware and Gentoo. "Hard and Customizable"

It currently my computer is setup like this

hda1-Fat contains Dell Partition
hda2-Windows XP
hda3-Extended
hda5-Swap
hda6-SUSE Linux 10.1
hda7-Debian Sarge



title Windows XP
chainloader (hd0,1)+1

title SUSE Linux 10.1
root (hd0,5)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda6 vga=0x31a resume=/dev/hda5 splash=silent showopts
initrd /boot/initrd

title Arch Linux
root (hd0,6)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/hda7 ro vga=794
initrd /boot/kernel26.img

So is this all correct

title Windows XP
chainloader (hd0,1)+1

title SUSE Linux 10.1
root (hd0,5)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda6 vga=0x31a resume=/dev/hda5 splash=silent showopts
initrd /boot/initrd

title Arch Linux
root (hd0,6)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/hda7 ro vga=791
initrd /boot/kernel26.img

Mine doesn't have these on it currently but Windows XP boots without it would it matter in Arch

makeactive
chainloader +1

GConf error:Failed to contact configuration server;some possible causes are that you need to enable TCP/IP for ORBit,or your have NFS locks due to a system crash.(Details-/:IOR file'/tmp/gcofd-cheetahman/tock/ior' not opened successfully,no gconfd located:Permission denied 2: IOR file /tmp/gconfd-cheetahman/lock/ior not opened succesfully no gconfd located: Permission denied)

How can I mount them

I am using GParted and the only way to resize the partitions is to turn off swap and turn off extended since ext3 is inside the extended and so is swap.The one I want to resize is ext3

Here is more information

All partitions become unmounted after doing the command to umount swap which would be swapoff /dev/hda5 it works but and I resize it and it does it but completes it but the partition is still not resized

Status:Not Mounted
Size:14747
Used:7766
Unused:6981
Path:/dev/hda6

Should I download the Ubuntu Beta Live cd and used that instead

Both System Rescue Cd and GParted Live Cd fail after
-ide-floppy driver 0.99.newide

Resize function doesn't appear in QTParted on Knoppix or any other QTParted program on live cd

Should I download Ubuntu Beta Live Cd since will have an upgraded version

Because I updated some info in it

Here is the tutorial I made with the info I got from budman7 and smolloy

How to Triboot a Computer

Distro 1= Prime Distro example (Windows)
Distro 2= The 2nd distro to be installed, this can be any distro (This controls the bootloader)
Distro 3= The 3rd distro to be installed, this can be any distro

Things to do Before You Start if you are using Windows as the Prime Distro and if not you can skip it.

Backup Computer
Run Defraging tools
Scan for Spyware
Scan for Viruses
Run chkdsk

These are good steps for Window's users and can be used in Linux also

This guide focuses primarily on the GRUB bootloader to Triboot

This tutorial focuses on the Knoppix Live cd that includes QTParted.There are also other partitioners that come with your distro these include Diskdruid in Fedora Core, Qtparted in SuSE and Kdrak in Mandriva and GParted (Gnome Partition Editor) in the GNOME desktop. There are also partition tools that you can use that do the same thing but in text mode are Parted, fdisk, cfdisk

Download A Copy of the latest Knoppix from http://www.knoppix.com/

This is very important because this is the Live cd we are going to use to partition the hardrive to get it ready to Triboot.

Step 1:Bootup the Cd you have made then make sure the computer can bootup the cd. To do this you need to get into the bios this can be accessed by pressing the "Delete" key, for some Compaq’s it's the "F10" key and there's even "F1" or "F2" for other computers. You will then find an option for the boot order.

The correct setup should be

Floppy
CDROM
Hardrive

Step 2:Once Knoppix is running you must now Unmount all partitions.

You do this by going into My Computer you will then see all of the partitions. Right click on one of them it will then give you the option to unmount. Select it and it will then be unmounted you must do this for all of the partitions.

You must do this for all of the drives or else the computer can't be partitioned

Step 3:Click on the KDE logo then go to run application and type qtparted in lowercase then hit run or click QTParted in the menu

Step 4:This will now startup QTparted

The drive I am going to resize is a NTFS partition.

Step 5:Now we begin the process of resizing the hard drive

1.Select the /dev/hda for IDE or /dev/sda for a SCSI drive on the left, then you should see its info on the right

2.Select the NTFS partition and right-click on it, then select Resize.

3.Next you'll see the Resize Partition dialog.

4.Enter the size you want for your existing Prime Distro to be resized and then click OK.

This can be done in Gigabytes or Megabytes

5.After clicking OK you'll see an updated view of your partitions. Note that nothing has actually changed yet; you must select File then Commit to apply the changes.

6.Just click Yes on the confirmation dialog.

7.You'll see the progress dialog and when it's done click the OK button

8.Now Select File then Quit to exit QTParted

9.You should now boot into the Prime Distro it will then detect the partition that you have made but it will be unformatted.

Now boot back into QTParted the way you did before and Delete Distro 2 and the Swap Partition by right clicking it and hitting delete

Now you should have the Prime Distro and a bunch of free space.

Here is how you would go on to create the extended partition with two partitions inside of it that contain the two distros that will be added to the triboot setup.

With QTparted this will be quite simple and you don't really need a guide. The Mepis guide that you linked to is quite detailed, and if you read that you will get the general idea of how qtparted operates.

Basically you will want to click on any free space you have, and choose the option to create a partition (it will be an icon somewhere near the upper left of the screen). Then choose the option to make it an extended partition, and move the slider at the top to choose the size you want (in this case 8GB).

After you've done this you'll be able to click inside this partition and choose to create another partition. This time make it a logical partition, and format it as ext3 (if that is indeed what you want). Also make sure to set its size to 4GB. Once you've finished this, repeat for the remainder of the partition, to create the second logical ext3 partition inside the extended partition.

If you want to make a swap partition, then put this before (to the left) of the extended partition. In fact it might be best to do this before you create the extended partition. The process to do this is basically the same as before -- click on some empty space, choose "create a new partition", set the size, type, etc., and that's it.

It really is quite easy and I'm sure you'll have no problems. Just be sure to defragment and chkdisk any windows partitions you intend to move or resize, and everything should go smoothly.

Good luck.

When installing the Operating System it will give you the most common options, which are Reiserf and Ext3.

Also many distros support Custom Partioning, which will give you more formatting Options.

A file system is added to the computer whenever you install an Operating System to it.

Below are some examples of filesystems that can be formatted or resized.

Windows
NTFS
FAT

Linux
Ext2
Ext3
ReiserFS

Its also a good idea to add Swap if you have a low memory computer which will use the Swap as temporary ram also the Swap partition should be formatted as Swap.

If the swap is inside the extended partition, you will have to delete the swap first.

Step 7:Now Install Distro 3 by Booting the install cd as if you were going to boot Knoppix and Install bootloader to the root partition.

Step 8:Install Distro 2 using swap already created from installing Distro 3 and putting GRUB on the MBR which will make GRUB the bootloader that is controlled by Distro 2.

GRUB can be put anywhere but for this tutorial we are going to be put on the MBR so Distro 2 becomes the bootloader.

When installing other operating systems

Distro 2 should now make an entry in GRUB for both the Prime Distro and Distro 3.

The computer should now be restarted I you will be shown the Distro 2 GRUB Bootloader which contains the Prime Distro, Distro 2 and Distro 3.

The computer can now Triboot

Make sure you don't put Swap for Distro 2 on the partition where you are going to install Distro 2 to. By default Distro 2 should make a Swap partition or detect a Swap that is on the computer and mount it.

For Installing new Linux distros install to the partition so Distro 2 Grub doesn't get overwritten

A Big Thanks to budman7 and smolloy for supplying the info

Here are two other sites that are a guide with pictures.

http://ca.geocities.com/zachandloricox@rogers.com/ubuntu/windowsxp.html

http://mepis.org/docs/partitioning-your-hard-drive/

And One for Isos
http://www.linuxiso.org/viewdoc.php/isofaq.html

When deleteing Fedora Core from the dual boot with Windows XP which uses the GRUB bootloader in the mbr.Would I have to run fixmbr on Windows XP to make it boot

Here is the tutorial I made with the info I got from budman7 and smolloy

How to Triboot a Computer

Distro 1= Prime Distro example (Windows)
Distro 2= The 2nd distro to be installed, this can be any distro (This controls the bootloader)
Distro 3= The 3rd distro to be installed, this can be any distro

Things to do Before You Start if you are using Windows as the Prime Distro and if not you can skip it.

Backup Computer
Run Defraging tools
Scan for Spyware
Scan for Viruses
Run chkdsk

These are good steps for Window's users and can be used in Linux also

This guide focuses primarily on the GRUB bootloader to Triboot

This tutorial focuses on the Knoppix Live cd that includes QTParted.There are also other partitioners that come with your distro these include Diskdruid in Fedora Core, Qtparted in SuSE and Kdrak in Mandriva and GParted (Gnome Partition Editor) in the GNOME desktop. There are also partition tools that you can use that do the same thing but in text mode are Parted, fdisk, cfdisk

Download A Copy of the latest Knoppix from http://www.knoppix.com/

This is very important because this is the Live cd we are going to use to partition the hardrive to get it ready to Triboot.

Step 1:Bootup the Cd you have made then make sure the computer can bootup the cd. To do this you need to get into the bios this can be accessed by pressing the "Delete" key, for some Compaq’s it's the "F10" key and there's even "F1" or "F2" for other computers. You will then find an option for the boot order.

The correct setup should be

Floppy
CDROM
Hardrive

Step 2:Once Knoppix is running you must now Unmount all partitions.

You do this by going into My Computer you will then see all of the partitions. Right click on one of them it will then give you the option to unmount. Select it and it will then be unmounted you must do this for all of the partitions.

You must do this for all of the drives or else the computer can't be partitioned

Step 3:Click on the KDE logo then go to run application and type qtparted in lowercase then hit run or click QTParted in the menu

Step 4:This will now startup QTparted

The drive I am going to resize is a NTFS partition.

Step 5:Now we begin the process of resizing the hard drive

1.Select the /dev/hda for IDE or /dev/sda for a SCSI drive on the left, then you should see its info on the right

2.Select the NTFS partition and right-click on it, then select Resize.

3.Next you'll see the Resize Partition dialog.

4.Enter the size you want for your existing Prime Distro to be resized and then click OK.

This can be done in Gigabytes or Megabytes

5.After clicking OK you'll see an updated view of your partitions. Note that nothing has actually changed yet; you must select File then Commit to apply the changes.

6.Just click Yes on the confirmation dialog.

7.You'll see the progress dialog and when it's done click the OK button

8.Now Select File then Quit to exit QTParted

9.You should now boot into the Prime Distro it will then detect the partition that you have made but it will be unformatted.

Now boot back into QTParted the way you did before and Delete Distro 2 and the Swap Partition by right clicking it and hitting delete

Now you should have the Prime Distro and a bunch of free space.

Here is how you would go on to create the extended partition with two partitions inside of it that contain the two distros that will be added to the triboot setup.

With QTparted this will be quite simple and you don't really need a guide. The Mepis guide that you linked to is quite detailed, and if you read that you will get the general idea of how qtparted operates.

Basically you will want to click on any free space you have, and choose the option to create a partition (it will be an icon somewhere near the upper left of the screen). Then choose the option to make it an extended partition, and move the slider at the top to choose the size you want (in this case 8GB).

After you've done this you'll be able to click inside this partition and choose to create another partition. This time make it a logical partition, and format it as ext3 (if that is indeed what you want). Also make sure to set its size to 4GB. Once you've finished this, repeat for the remainder of the partition, to create the second logical ext3 partition inside the extended partition.

If you want to make a swap partition, then put this before (to the left) of the extended partition. In fact it might be best to do this before you create the extended partition. The process to do this is basically the same as before -- click on some empty space, choose "create a new partition", set the size, type, etc., and that's it.

It really is quite easy and I'm sure you'll have no problems. Just be sure to defragment and chkdisk any windows partitions you intend to move or resize, and everything should go smoothly.

Good luck.

When installing the Operating System it will give you the most common options, which are Reiserf and Ext3.

Also many distros support Custom Partioning, which will give you more formatting Options.

A file system is added to the computer whenever you install an Operating System to it.

Below are some examples of filesystems that can be formatted or resized.

Windows
NTFS
FAT

Linux
Ext2
Ext3
ReiserFS

Its also a good idea to add Swap if you have a low memory computer which will use the Swap as temporary ram also the Swap partition should be formatted as Swap.

If the swap is inside the extended partition, you will have to delete the swap first.

Step 7:Now Install Distro 3 by Booting the install cd as if you were going to boot Knoppix and Install bootloader to the root partition.

Step 8:Install Distro 2 using swap already created from installing Distro 3 and putting GRUB on the MBR which will make GRUB the bootloader that is controlled by Distro 2.

GRUB can be put anywhere but for this tutorial we are going to be put on the MBR so Distro 2 becomes the bootloader.

When installing other operating systems

Distro 2 should now make an entry in GRUB for both the Prime Distro and Distro 3.

The computer should now be restarted I you will be shown the Distro 2 GRUB Bootloader which contains the Prime Distro, Distro 2 and Distro 3.

The computer can now Triboot

Make sure you don't put Swap for Distro 2 on the partition where you are going to install Distro 2 to. By default Distro 2 should make a Swap partition or detect a Swap that is on the computer and mount it.

For Installing new Linux distros install to the partition so Distro 2 Grub doesn't get overwritten

A Big Thanks to budman7 and smolloy for supplying the info

Here are two other sites that are a guide with pictures.

http://ca.geocities.com/zachandloricox@rogers.com/ubuntu/windowsxp.html

http://mepis.org/docs/partitioning-your-hard-drive/

And One for Isos
http://www.linuxiso.org/viewdoc.php/isofaq.html

Its going to triboot Fedora Core 4,SuSE Linux 9.3 and Windows XP with SuSE as the Grub bootloader Swap is going to be 512MB.

Currently I have Windows Xp and Fedora Core 4

I have 4 Partitions in my computer and I want to make It a Triboot with WIndows XP,SuSE Linux 9.3 and Fedora Core 4

Should I

Resize NTFS,Delete Swap,and Delete Fedora Core

or

Delete Fedora Core,Delete Swap and Resize NTFS

also

If I don't delete Swap and Extended then I restart Xp will Xp format it as NTFS or will it go over the limit and will it stay unformated.

These are my partitions in it currently

Fat32
NTFS
Swap
Extended

What If I restart after resizing and leave swap and extended it

[Backup Computer Run Defraging tools Scan for Spyware Scan for Viruses]

Here are the 4 Partitions in my computer which is the max it can handle I want to make It Triboot and If I Resize NTFS using QTParted will it be Unformated Space or NTFS also I am using Ntfsprogs by the way

If I don't delete Swap and Extended then I restart Xp will Xp format it as NTFS or will it go over the limit and will it stay unformated.

Fat32
NTFS
Swap
Extended

Here is the tutorial I am useing

How to Triboot a Computer with Windows XP,Fedora Core and SuSE

Things to do Before You Start

                                 Backup Computer
                                     Run Defraging tools
                                     Scan for Spyware
                                     Scan for Viruses
         
             

Code:

Download A Copy of Slax

That last one is very important because this is what we are going to use to Triboot.

Here is the site you can get it from http://slax.linux-live.org/download.php the one we need is the basic one.

Additional software for SLAX is provided in the form of compressed modules. The usage is very simple, just add your downloaded module to /modules/ directory on the CD to include it in SLAX permanently, or use "uselivemod" command in SLAX to activate the module on the fly, while running SLAX.

Download these modules and follow the instructions above

Ntfsprogs-http://slax.linux-live.org/modules.php?id=284
QTParted-http://slax.linux-live.org/modules.php?id=298

Step 1:Bootup the Custom Slax Cd you have made make sure the computer can bootup the cd first before the hardrive this can be changed in the bios of the computer

Step 2:Once you have logged into Slax you must now Unmount all partitions by going into My Computer and you will se all of the drives you must now right click one it will give you an option to unmount it

Code:

You must do this for all of the drives or else the computer can't be partitioned

Step 3:Click on the kde logo then go to run applacation and Type qtparted in it lowercase is find
 
Step 4:QTparted starts up you must now select which program you want QTParted to use for resizing ntfs you choose ntfsprogs

Step 5:Now we begin the process of resizeing the hard drive

1.Select the /dev/hda for IDE or /dev/sda for a SCSI drive on the left, then you should see its info on the right

2.Select the single existing partition, right-click on it, then select Resize.

3.Next you'll see the Resize Partition dialog.

4.Enter the size you want for your existing Windows XP partition and click OK. This can be done in Gigabytes or Megabytes

5.After clicking OK you'll see an updated view of your partitions. Note that nothing has actually changed yet; you must select the File--Commit menu item to apply the changes.

6.Just click Yes on the confirmation dialog.

7.You'll see the progress dialog and when it's done click the OK button

8.Select the File--Quit menu item to exit QTParted

9.You should then boot into Windows XP it will then detect the partition that you have made.

Step 6:Delete the Swap in QTParted by clicking on the swap partition and select delete.

Step 7:Delete Fedora Core by going to QTParted and right clicking on the Fedora Core partition and selecting delete.

Code:

Now you should have Windows and a bunch of free space.

Step 8:Out of the free space create 2 partitions.

Both Should be Unformatted

1 Partition for SuSE
1 Partiition for Fedora Core

Unformatted means that no file system is currently on it.A file system is on it whenever you install an Operating System to it.

Some examples of filesystems include

Windows
NTFS
FAT32

Linux
EXT2
EXT3
Resiser

Step 9:Now Install Fedora Core by Booting the install cd as if you were going to boot Slax

Step 10:Make sure it doesn't put swap in the partition for Suse-In the Automatic partitioning scheme, FC might put the swap partition on the partition where you had planned to put Suse.It probably won't by default-It should not even look at the partition that you have planned for Suse.

By default, it should make a swap partition and a / partition out of the partition that you have set aside for FC.

               

Code:

It is up to you where Grub goes.

You can put it on the MBR, the root partition or don't install Grub. It doesn't matter because its going to go on the MBR which will make SuSE the Bootloader.

Install Suse 9.3 using swap already created from installing Fedora Core and putting Grub on the MBR.

Suse should make an entry in GRUB for both Windows and Fedora Core.

The computer should now be restarted I you will be shown the SuSE Grub Bootloader which contains Windows,SuSE and Fedora Core.

The computer can now Triboot Enjoy

Here is my computer setup From Windows

31MB Fat Primary Partition Dell
24.94GB NTFS Primary Partition
Might be swap 102MB Primary Partition
Extended Partition 2.87GB
1 Logical Drive

24.94GB NTFS Primary Partition Resize this

I am thinking its 4

Number/Partition/Type/Size
01 /dev/hda1 Fat16 31.35MB Primary Partition
02 /dev/hda2 NTFS 24.94GB Primary Partition
03 /dev/hda3 ext3 101.97MB Primary Partition
04 /dev/hda4 extended 2.87GB
05 /dev/hda5 unknown 2.87GB

That unknown is LVM in Fedora Core 4

Also Do Extended and Swap count as Primary

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