On Mon, Jan 14, 2002 at 01:34:20AM +0000, Matthias A wrote: > Having acquired Potato, and being unable to boot from the CD, I wrote the > disk images in /images-1.44/udma66 (I use IDE devices, and was in doubt; > figured ide support wouldn't hurt and thought it applied to post-install). > Boot from rescue.bin diskette, enter "linux" at boot: prompt. > Much scrolls by, until this happens: > floppy0: no floppy controllers found > md driver 0.36.6 MAX_MD_DEV=4, MAX_REAL=8 > Partition check: > hda: hda1 hda2 hda3 <hda5 hda6 hda7> > hde: [PTBL] [7476/255/63] hde1 > VFS: Insert root floppy disk to be loaded into RAM disk and press ENTER > *I enter disk from root.bin image > request_module[block-major-2]: Root fs not mounted > apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x03 (Driver version 1.13) > apm: disabled on user request. > VFS: Insert root floppy and press enter > *I press enter > request_module[block-major-2]: Root fs not mounted > VFS: Cannot open root device 02:00 > Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs 02:00 > > Sorry about the double message; hotmail grew to hate me and my > indiscriminate use of the tab button. > I have tried multiple diskettes here, although it doesn't appear to be a > diskette failure. Any ideas? > > thanks - > Matthias
If this is a fairly common machine, try the IDEPCI flavor. It seems to satisfy the typical hardware. Although it sounds like a floppy problem, not a hard disk driver problem. Worth a try to see if you get the same results. -- *------v--------- Installing Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 --------v------* | <http://www.debian.org/releases/woody/installmanual> | | debian-imac (potato): <http://debian-imac.sourceforge.net> | | Chris Tillman [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | May the Source be with you | *----------------------------------------------------------------* -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
