[plug] RHL 6.0 install probs

[Daniel Pearson]

I can't actually get into install.. That's what I'm saying
Also, C:\ = hda1 CD-Rom F:\ = hdb1 D:\ = hdc1 and it didn't detect my SCSI
CD-R...

Cheers
Daniel Pearson
----- Original Message -----
From: GB <gb at perthpcug.org.au>
To: <plug at linux.org.au>
Sent: Sunday, October 03, 1999 10:44 PM
Subject: Re: [plug] RHL 6.0 install probs


> So long as you tell it where you want it to go, it should be fine.
> Remember the difference though between a logical drive and a physical
drive..
>
> I thought you meant it couldn't see the CDROM after running autorun.bat..
>
> Your second HDD, assuming you have only one partition on the c: drive,
will
> be d: under DOS.
> In Linux it should be hda1 for the c:, and hdb1 for the d:. You will need
to
> give the mount point for the filesystem, which is normally "/", after you
> have created the Linux partition and swap file partition..
>
> If you read pages 28,29,30, 31 and 32 of the pocketbook, this is covered.
>
> Have fun.
>
> Garry.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> At 10:26 PM 10/3/99 +0800, you wrote:
> >Would it be because it's lookin on my master disk for two partitions?
Cause
> >I am installing on my Second HD...
> >
> >-Daniel
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: GB <gb at perthpcug.org.au>
> >To: <plug at linux.org.au>
> >Sent: Sunday, October 03, 1999 10:10 PM
> >Subject: Re: [plug] RHL 6.0 install probs
> >
> >
> >> Workarounds:
> >>
> >> 1. Make the installation boot disks, instructions in documentation.
> >>
> >> or
> >>
> >> 2. Make the CDROM bootable (in the BIOS) if possible, and just boot
> >directly
> >> into the RHL disk.
> >> This is what I did for my laptop.
> >>
> >> Garry.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> At 08:24 PM 10/3/99 +0800, you wrote:
> >> >I'm trying to install RHL 6.0 from the pocketbook
> >> >And I type autoboot, then it does it's stuff and it says
> >> >
> >> >VFS: Cannot open root device 08:21
> >> >Kerneel Panic: VFS: unable to mount root FS on 08:21
> >> >
> >> >Any ideas how to fix that?
> >> >
> >> >Cheers
> >> >Daniel Pearson
> >> >
> >> >
> >> Windows 98: n.
> >>  32 bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16 bit patch to an
> >>  8 bit operating system originally coded for a 4 bit microprocessor,
> >>  written by a 2 bit company, that can't stand 1 bit of competition.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> Windows 98: n.
>  32 bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16 bit patch to an
>  8 bit operating system originally coded for a 4 bit microprocessor,
>  written by a 2 bit company, that can't stand 1 bit of competition.
>
>