Re: Boot floppy install issue
Wed, Aug 28, 2002 at 12:41:36PM -0700 wrote:
> Ok,
> so i booted on the rescue disk, and hit enter at the "boot:"
> it starts loading linux.bin, then uncompresses.
>
> i then get the message:
>
> VFS: insert root floppy disk to be loaded into RAM disk and press enter
>
> i insert the root floppy i created using ntrawrite and the root.bin and
> i get the following error:
>
> end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00 (floppy), sector 0
> VFS: Insert root floppy and press Enter
>
> i press enter and get
>
> end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00 (floppy), sector 0
> VFS: cannot open root device "fd0" or 02:00
> please append a correct "root=" boot option
> kernel panic: VFS unable to mount root fs on 02:00
>
looks like a bad floppy (either the disk [most likely] or the drive).
Find a different floppy. Sometimes you can tell the floppy is bad
because you hear an extra grating sound when writing to it via
rawrite/dd.
-David
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