Dennis wrote: > > Greetings Debian People! > > I put in the boot disk and get: > > Boots the kernel .... [other stuff blows along the screen] > > then I get: > > VFS: Insert root floppy disk to be loaded into ramdisk and press enter > > In goes the root disk and I get: > > RAM DISK: compressed image found at block 0 invalid compressed format > (err=2)<5> VFS: Insert root floppy and press enter > > If I hit enter again I get a bunch of stuff (MS-DOS FS Rel. 12,...) and > finally: > > Kernel Panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 02:00 > > Then it is time to reboot. > > Anyone have some advice for me on how to get by the root disk stage of the > installation? TIA! > > Dennis >
Did you format your floppy before putting the root image on it? If that doesn't work, I would suggest trying a different floppy. Hope this helps, -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ #include <stddisclaimer.h> #include <MyBiasedOpinions.h> [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux - Why use windows when there is a door? Uptime(LinuxSystemDoingTaskA) >= Uptime(WindowsSystemNotDoingADamnThing) (c) 1996 Christian Watts Redistribution via the Microsoft Network Prohibited. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]