Re: install problem
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.
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