Boot failure

[SwansRecovery]

I have RedHat9 which was installed with GUI installation.

I recently tried to load, but received the following lines:

mkrootdev: label/not found
mounting root file system
mount: error 2 mounting ext3
pivotroot: pivot_root(/sysroot,/sysroot/initrd)failed: 2
umount /initrd/proc failed:2
Freeing unused Kernel memory: 132k freed
Kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init =option to kernel

This is installed on a second hard drive with XP on the first. Up to now, no problems with this.

I used Partition Magic recently to attempt installation of Ubuntu on the master drive (with XP). I'm not yet successful with that, but have discovered what the problem may be.

After doing this I received a hard disk error message at boot. My first diagnostic indicated there might be spin-up problem, but my second full diagnostic indicated no problems.

I tried entering commands at the boot: prompt in text mode but was told I only had two options: "DOS Linux".

I'm really new at all this and haven't attempted an install in text mode, so any help is appreciated.

[je_fro]

You had RH9 working on hdb1?
You had XP working on hda1 and you've added an hda2 for ubuntu?
Is this "boot" prompt from grub? Guess so, because it says DOS and Linux.
Does the prompt look like
grub>
?
If so you can take advantage of grubs tab completion to find your kernel and initrd.

[SwansRecovery]

Yes to the first two questions.

I open with Boot Magic. When I choose linux on the GUI that comes up and then open to text mode the first thing I see is:

boot:

(not grub>).

Anything I type in receives this response:

No such image. [TAB] provides ...

I [TAB] and am offered two choices - DOS linux.

When I enter linux it goes through it's routine to the lines shown above.

[je_fro]

I have no idea about "Boot Magic".

Anybody else?