Dear All, Apologies if this is a trivial question, but I've installed a few Debian systems and have never come across this one!
I'm trying to install 2.2r4 on a standard corporate Compaq Evo (1.8GHz Pentium) machine - 20GB hard disk on the primary master (not cable select) and CDROM on secondary master. At the moment I've not freed any disk space - the hard disk has one Windoze NT partition. When I boot from CDROM I get the welcome screen. I press return and the system is probed for IDE devices (both found) and SCSI devices (none present - none found). I then get a couple of lines of gibberish numbers enclosed in square brackets [] which seem to describe details of the existing Windows partition. Then I get the line: Kernel Panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 01:00. At which point it hangs. I've tried using the same installation disks on another older Compaq desktop, and a Dell laptop. In both cases the system got to the blue "choose your keyboard layout" screen. I'm happy this is not an issue with the lack of a free disk partition - neither of the machines that worked had one, and I'm way before the stage where I need to interact with the disk anyway. Has anyone got any ideas? Many thanks in advance, and best wishes, Phill Cook ******************************************************************************* Important. Confidentiality: This communication is intended for the above-named person and may be confidential and/or legally privileged. Any opinions expressed in this communication are not necessarily those of the company. If it has come to you in error you must take no action based on it, nor must you copy or show it to anyone; please delete/destroy and inform the sender immediately. Monitoring/Viruses Orange may monitor all incoming and outgoing emails in line with current legislation. Although we have taken steps to ensure that this email and attachments are free from any virus, we advise that in keeping with good computing practice the recipient should ensure they are actually virus free. Orange PCS Limited is a subsidiary of Orange SA and is registered in England No 2178917, with its address at St James Court, Great Park Road, Almondsbury Park, Bradley Stoke, Bristol BS32 4QJ. ******************************************************************************* -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
