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Re: Can't boot from floppies - HELP!




Jake Griesbach wrote:
> 
> I'm trying to boot from the Debian rescue disk to install linux for the
> first time.  I have an adaptec AIC-7890 scsi card, so I was typing
> 
> linux aix7xxx
> 
> to boot.
> After the kernel loads, I get the following after the scsi driver loads:
...
> Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 01:00
> 
> Any ideas?  I tried using three different floppies now, and each give the
> same result.
> 

I think all you need is to boot in-sequence: rescue, root, and driver
disks; don't type anything after the silo's "boot:" prompt, just press
enter.

Oki


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