Error 8: Kernel must be loaded before booting

[TopherDavi]

Hello everyone. I am new to this forum, and this is my first post. I'm relatively new to Linux, and have broken many more things than I have fixed.. I guess that's the learning process eh? So here's my problem: I've been experimenting with the mount command, and have mounted my local file system (sda1) to a directory (/mnt/test). I was attempting to mount an external hard drive, and sda1 clearly was not the correct drive (I did eventually discover where the external was located, however sda1 remains tied to that directory). I rebooted my system, and now the Grub command prompt loads. When I type "boot" I'm presented with "Error 8: Kernel must be loaded before booting". I'm assuming this is because I mounted my local file system, but I could be wrong. Does anyone have any ideas how I could remedy this? Thanks in advance! I'm looking forward to being a part of the linuxforums community!

TD

[Rubberman]

Did you create an entry in /etc/fstab, or did you just manually mount it on /mnt/test?

[TopherDavi]

I just did a manual mount. I didn't edit /etc/fstab. Any ideas why this could be happening?

[Rubberman]

Unless you did something when you had it cross-mounted like you did, I can't tell you what's up without looking at the system in more detail. My suggestion (not the best, but workable) is to boot a live CD/DVD/USB drive, backup your data to an external device, reinstall the system from scratch, and restore your data.

[TopherDavi]

Yea, I'm not sure what I did that would cause that. I do have everything backed up already though.. so I'll just reinstall. Thanks for your help and timely responses!!

[Rubberman]

Yes, well unfortunately sometimes the magic wand needs new batteries...