On Wednesday 09 March 2005 23:33, Jeff Mikels wrote: > Can someone help me please? I'm trying to install debian on an old > laptop (sony vaio-505g) without a floppy drive and without a cd-rom > drive--therefore, the installation needs to be from hard drive files > and network.
> However, I've tried sarge, 2.6, idepci, woody, and none of the > installer scripts are working for me. Most of them crash with a Kernel > Panic telling me that the root fs can't be mounted on 01:00. > > I've doublechecked the paths and the .bat file and all that, but I > can't get past the root fs mount. > > Anyone willing to coach me? I'm willing to give it a shot, but only for the new Sarge installer, not the old Woody boot-floppies. For that, I would suggest to take the subject to the debian-boot mailing list. What (if anything) do you have running on the system currently? Does the laptop have working networking? Do you have access to a partitioner that you could use to create linux partitions? Cheers, FJP
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