I am trying to install linux on a machine that had NT on it. Using the rescue disk and the boot parameters "rescue aic7xxx=no_reset" gets me to where the kernel finds the hard drive, but when it does the partition check, it hangs with this error:
Partition check: sda: sda1 sda2 < sda5 > [MS_DOS FS Rel. 12, FAT 0,check=n,conv=b,uid=0,gid=0,umask=022,bmap] [me=0x0,cs=0,#f=0,fs=0,fl=0,ds=0,de=0,data=0,se=0,ts=0,ls=0,rc=0,fc=429...] Transaction block size = 512 Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 01:00 I haven't formatted the hard drive. Should I? Is there a debian floppy that will let me do that, or do I need to scrounge up a DOS floppy? Is the kernel looking for a root file system on the hard drive? If so, how do I tell it to expect in elsewhere, like on root.bin? Thanks Richard Hall Network Services University of Tennessee
