[expert] kernel panic at install

2000-04-23 Thread Fin

I previously ran mandrake 7 on my old PII setup with no problems.
However, now that I've upgraded to an Athlon setup I get the following 
message when I try to install from dos:

kernel panic:VFS:unable to mount root fs on 08:01

It won't boot from the cd and if I try to use my old boot floppy I get 
another kernel panic message.

I also noticed that there is a message about a possible problem with RAM 
although Mandrake doesn't crash at that point.

Any ideas?


Fin




Re: [expert] kernel panic at install

2000-04-23 Thread Brian T. Schellenberger


Are you sure you have a good root file system?

Did you try making a boot disk when installing this time?

Fin wrote:
 
 I previously ran mandrake 7 on my old PII setup with no problems.
 However, now that I've upgraded to an Athlon setup I get the following
 message when I try to install from dos:
 
 kernel panic:VFS:unable to mount root fs on 08:01
 
 It won't boot from the cd and if I try to use my old boot floppy I get
 another kernel panic message.
 
m I also noticed that there is a message about a possible problem with
RAM
 although Mandrake doesn't crash at that point.
 
 Any ideas?
 
 Fin

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