[plug] RHL 6.0 install probs

[GB]

Did you boot your computer using a DOS boot disk? If not, read page 28.

Garry.

At 10:54 PM 10/3/99 +0800, you wrote:
>Basically what happens is, I type autoboot.bat, and then all this stuff
>comes up lodaing kernel, probing display, detecting IDE1 etc... Then it
>get's to the end, and says
>
>VFS: Cannot open root device 08:21
>Kernel Panic: VFS: unable to mount root FS on 08:21
>
>-Daniel
>----- 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.
>>
>>
>
>
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.