Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 08:54:18 +0200
From: "Stefan Katletz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: AW: [LIB] Install Linux on 110CT w/FD/CD - UPDATE I



> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Mark Srebnik [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> Gesendet: Montag, 18. Oktober 2004 01:36
> An: Libretto
> Betreff: Re: [LIB] Install Linux on 110CT w/FD/CD - UPDATE I
> 
> 
> Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2004 16:35:09 -0700
> From: Mark Srebnik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: [LIB] Install Linux on 110CT w/FD/CD - UPDATE I
> 
> on 10/17/04 1:47 PM, Philip Nienhuis at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 
> > Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2004 22:48:11 +0200
> > From: Philip Nienhuis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Subject: Re: [LIB] Install Linux on 110CT w/FD/CD - UPDATE I
> > 
> > Mark Srebnik wrote:
> > :
> > ...<snip>
> >> Meanwhile, downloaded VectorLinux4.3 that ol' Philip 
> >> installed...printed out install instructions, extracted files as 
> >> instructed to hard drive....
> >> 
> >> Since I have WinXP Pro on my 110CT, I'm booting to DOS 
> with a Win98 
> >> boot floppy....
> > 
> > I presume you got XP on a FAT32 partition?
> 
> Yes. 
>  
> >> After I typed the install command:
> >> 
> >> Loadlin ide root=/dev/ram rw initrd=initrd.img
> >> 
> >> Setup started, saw lots of text....at the end saw error message:
> >> 
> >> Kernel panic: VFS: unable to mount root fs on ram0
> >> 
> >> Any ideas about how to deal with this??

maybe your ramdisk is too small, try 

root=/dev/ram rw ramdisk_size=10000

hth
stefan




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