On Sunday 17 June 2001 10:29, you wrote: > On Sat, 16 Jun 2001, Brendon wrote: > > after inserting the rootdisk i receive the following error message: > > > > [MS-DOS FS Rel. 12, FAT 16,check=n,conv=b,uid=0,gid=0,umask=022,bmap] > > [me=0xa6,sc=340,#f=194,fs=44860,fl=101811,ds=19927266,de=61894,data=19931 > >136,se= 52701,ts=-1458993024,ls=2013,rc=0,fc=4294967295] > > Transaction block size = 512 > > Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 02:00 > > > > can't say i've ever seen the first part, the second i've always blamed on > > the presence of FAT32 partitions (that is, when i removed them i didnt > > get a kernel panic).. but this is on a HD without partitions. > > > > a problem with a BIOS setting perhaps? has anyone seen this before? > > Strange. The kernel boots up ok, right? Perhaps you should try to write > the image on a different floppy.
different rescue and boot floppies solved the problem. i now have debian running on the machine and i'll be setting it up for ip masq tomorrow :) thanks for the help (but stick around, i'm bound to run into to trouble ;) groetjes/regards, Brendon
