I went to check the page out. I guess that was precicely what I was looking for. Sadly enough, the link to my model (compaq contura 400c) seems to be non-available (http://www.pecas-on-line.com.br/contura400c.htm). I'll try again later and take a look at the other models. The ones I did look at however didn't seem to mention the problems I have been having. Thanx for the great link!
----- Original Message ----- From: Jonathan D. Proulx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 10:40 PM Subject: Re: How do I pass init= to the kernel? > On Mon, Jun 04, 2001 at 10:24:56PM -0400, Margarete Hans wrote: > > :If you wonder why I don't use a rescue disk to boot: > :I get a message that the disk is not bootable. > :I tried redownloading the rescue disk files, tried more than 5 > :different floppies, same message. > :When I tried the compact version, linux booted fin, but stopped at the > :kernel panic: VFS: unable to mount root fs on 03:02 > :Seems somewhat weird - I don't know what to do anymore. > > Can't help with loadlin (sorry), but I notice the kernel error you got > from the compact floppy shows it's trying to mount /dev/hda2 as the > root file system (major number 3, minor number 2). > > This may be what you eventually want, but at install time (the floppy > disk way), you read in the root file system from a floppy disk because > there may not even be a partition for root yet, much less all the > files that are needed. > > I missed the model of this laptop, some have secrets and you should > look at http://www.linux.org/hardware/laptop.html for a link to your > specific model. > > For example old IBM thinkpads with a 2.88M floppy require you to pass > floppy=thinkpad to the kernel, there's also some similar magic to use > the sony pcmcia cdrom to install on one of the spiffy new vaios that > don't have any removable media on board... > > -Jon > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
