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From: Mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sunday, November 07, 1999 12:25 AM
Subject: newbie w/ boot questions

installing madrake on a win98 pc. during linux boot, it stops, showing the following:
 
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Booting Mandrake Linux
Setting up loopback device
VFS: Cannot open root device 08:21
Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 08:21
 
 
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any tips? i didn't see anything in what i've read so far
 
i tried cntrl-c to then log on as root, then rm -f/var//lock/TMP_1st
but didn't get any further than cntrl-c
 
 
thanks, mike a.k.a. scuzzy
 
K6/2 350, FIC 503+, V3 3K, WD 13. Caviar w/ 6 partions, mandrake is set on last partion i think
 

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