Re: help: installing from DOS partition
try
linux ide2=0x180,0x386
when you boot from floppy
Plus check out http://www.linux-laptop.net/ and you can check out
Libretto and c1 (picturebook)sites
they have the same problem with external floppy drive.
If yo decide to go with Progeny (debian based distribution) you can
check http://155.41.134.145
Good luck.
> paula nerve wrote:
>
> Hi there,
> I'm new on this list and seeking for some help.
>
> I'm trying to install Debian on a Sony Vaio N505. I have Sony CD-ROM
> but not the original so it's not bootable, that's why I created a DOS
> partition and put these files:
> - base2_2 15.331 Kb
> - drivers 4.990 Kb
> - install
> - loadlin
> - rescue.bin
> - root.bin
>
> I also have a bootable floppy and when I get boot: I try this :
>
> linux root=\dev\hda3
>
> but get a bunch of lines and finally "VFS cannot open root device
> 00:00" "Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 00:00". Thing is
> I can't mount this DOS partition.
>
> I also tried:
> \hda3
> rescue root=\dev\hda3
> and other combinations.
>
> It seems obvious that I'm using the wrong parameters.
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> /paula
>
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