[comp.os.linux.misc] Help wanted, Plan9 a piece of junk!

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	From: hvaidya@tribeca.ios.com (Hemant Vaidya)
	Newsgroups: alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.misc
	Subject: Installing Plan9 corrupted Linux root partition
	Date: 11 Aug 1995 18:12:59 GMT
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	Hi Linux Experts,
		
		When I installed Plan9 on my PC it seems to have corrupted root
		partition on my drive. I get following error when booting from 
		LILO or floppy. DOS partition seems OK.
	
		The kernel version is 1.2.0 gcc 2.6.3
		PC configuration:
		P90, 16MB,1MB SCSI-II, BusLogic PCI SCSI-II controller (BT946C)
	
		Partition check:
		sda: sda1 sda2 sda3 sda4 <sda5>
		[MS-DOS FS Rel. 12, FAT 102,check=n,conv=b,uid=0,gid=0,umask=022,bmap]
		[me=0x10,cs=0,#f=0,fs=0,fl=0,ds=0,de=53505,data=0,se=32798,
		ts=-63599110,ls=252]
		Transaction block size = 512
		Kernel panic: VFS :Unable to mount root fs on 08:02
	
		sda1 is DOS primary starting at 1 to 100
		sda2 is root partition starting at cylinder 101
		sda3 is swap 
		sda4 I think was created by Plan9
		sda5 is DOS logical drive D:
	
		I can still boot from slackware distribution without mounting root
		and using ramdisk.
	
		If I then go into fdisk  (linux) I see partition info as before.
		If I try to mount /dev/sda2 /mnt I get error: /dev/sda2 not mountable
		something like that.
		
		I can mount sda1 under /mnt without problem.
	
		Is there a way to salvage my root partition or fix the problem. 
	
		If you think more info is needed I can try and get it.
	
	
		You can reply at: hvaidya@tribeca.ios.com
	
	--Hemant