Jake Griesbach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm trying to boot from the Debian rescue disk to install linux for the > first time. I have an adaptec AIC-7890 scsi card, so I was typing > > linux aix7xxx > > to boot. > After the kernel loads, I get the following after the scsi driver loads: > > sda: sda1, sda2 > sdb: sdb1 > [MS-DOS FS Rel. ... > [me=0x0, ... > Transactions block size = 512 > Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 01:00 > > > Any ideas? I tried using three different floppies now, and each give the > same result.
Your kernel doesn´t have ramdisk support or initial ramdisk support. Or you don´t have the filesystem support for the ramdisk, i.e. ext2 or minix. May the Source be with you. Goswin