robert,
you really need to get a grip with this thing of posting with no content.
either say something or quit posting! please!!!
--
Mark
*****
"what knowledge I have managed to accumlate over the years
at times becomes obscured and even hidden amidst the vast
emotional onslaught of my children. You never finish being a parent. :)"
On Mon, 23 Apr 2001, robert wydler haduch wrote:
> At 04:58 PM 4/22/2001 -0400, Mark Weaver wrote:
> Dale,
>
> it's asking you "where" the "/" root partition is located so
> it knows
> where to look for the kernel. tell me...is Mandrake the
> second OS on your
> drive and do you have only one drive?
>
> --
>
> Mark
> *****
>
> "what knowledge I have managed to accumlate over the years
> at times becomes obscured and even hidden amidst the vast
> emotional onslaught of my children. You never finish being a
> parent. :)"
> On Sun, 22 Apr 2001, Dale Kosan wrote:
>
> > L could sure use some help here.I downloaded and installed
> 8.0 final and when
> > it rebooted I received the following message:
> >
> > VFS:cannot open root device "2106" or 21:06
> > Please append a correct "root=" boot option
> > kernel panic : VFS : unable to mount root fs on 21:06
> >
> >
> > I tried to boot with rescue floppies that the install made
> and low and behold
> > there is nothing on the disks! I think the problem could
> be either the
> > Western Digital drive or the add on pci card Pomise ATA
> 100 card.7.2 did not
> > have a problem with the card so I am not sure what is up.I
> also installed 8.0
> > on my Toshiba laptop and same thing as with 7.2, seems to
> not like my Linksys
> > PCMP 200 nic.Could someone please help a newbie in
> distress.Thanks for your
> > time.
> >
>
>
>