On Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 06:23:43AM -0400, Raj Wurttemberg wrote: > Anita, > > I tried the "root=/dev/sda1" process already. It too failed. I even tried > making a small 10MB /boot partition, but Debian still refuses to install > LILO. > > Thanks, > /*Raj*/
So you are saying that you can use that install floppy to install and it will boot, but when you try to access your root partition, it fails? Try booting from the install floppy or cd with 'linux rescue' and then try to do: mount -t ext2 /dev/sda1 Also try 'fdisk /dev/sda' in rescue mode. Can you mount the partition? If not, then try doing the install and while it is progressing, do 'Ctrl Alt F1' and F2 and so on and see if there is any information there. Key info would be if it actually mounts the hard drive and puts anything on it. Anita
