Re: Laptop install gone haywire
"Michael Jinks" <michael.debian@twopoint.com> writes:
[snip]
> end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00, sector 0
> VFS: Cannot open root device 02:00
> Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 02:00
>
> This looks to me like a media error, but I've tried two different copies
> of the root filesystem floppy and gotten the same error on both, so now
> I'm thinking it might be an install program goof, or maybe Linux just
> doesn't like my hardware?
The install program hasn't loaded yet, so it's Linux not seeing the
floppy itself that's the problem. For the initial load of the kernel,
Linux itself isn't involved.
[snip]
> boot: floppy0 floppy=thinkpad
>
> First off, is this syntax even right?
I think so, although I've never done a low memory install. However,
not all thinkpads need the "floppy=thinkpad" option.
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