Re: installing, bad primary partition fatal error
What command did you use with loadlin? It should be
loadlin linux root=/dev/ram initrd=root.bin
Try this and make sure that you get it right.
The FATAL ERROR message is most likely caused by a bad floppy. Linux is
_very_ picky about floppies and you might need to make 5 or 6 before you
get a good one. No kidding. For this reason the loadlin method is
preferred.
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On Fri, 3 Jul 1998, Avalon Rusk wrote:
> I tried installing debian 1.3 after downloading it from the website.
> I made a rescue floppy and attempted an install from DOS with loadlin
> (1.6). From loadlin, I got the following message during the install
> process (but before configuring the monitor or keyboard):
> Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 01:00
> I was then able to boot back into DOS/Win95. (I have 8M ram and a 285M
> IDE hard drive.) I then attempted to boot/install Linux from the
> rescue disk. The following error occured when I was adding partitions
> (after configuring monitor and keyboard):
> I tried a few more times each way with the same results (FATAL ERROR
> for rescue floppy and Kernel panic for loadlin). Can someone please
> help me figure out what to do?
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