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Re: quadra660 boot problems *update*



On Sun, 19 Sep 1999, Jonathan Hendler wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I seem to have gotten by the initial problem (mac esp)
> 
> now it hangs under 2 new installations (but this time
> the cursor is moving)
> 
> I used a vmlinux as the kernel, and an older "linux"
> kernel from disk image:
> 
> NEW ERROR MESSAGE
> 
> VFS can not open root Device
> Kernal Panic: VFS unable to mount root fs on 00:00
for install the first time you need root=/dev/ram in penguin options
and make sure the ramdisk is selected in the ramdisk box

after you install you make it root=/dev/sd##
where ## is the partition you installed into


Justin



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