On Monday 25 February 2002 12:38, you wrote: > Hi everyone, > For some reason, I'm having a problem getting into the installer on an iMac > (Early 2001-400 mhz, 192 mb ram, standard config). > > I get to the boot prompt, however, after feeding it "install-atyfb" it > quickly responds with "Please wait, loading kernel...Read failed". I've > also tried "install-text", "install-novideo", and "install-aty128fb", > "install video video=atyfb:vmode:17", and all of the others without > specifying the kernel to use, which gave me the same results. > > I then tried using the other kernel by adding the "-2.2" at the end of the > command, and that got me further, however, not much further. Shortly after > making it to the second screen with the Welcome picture all would cease > with: "Kernel Panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 01:03", "Rebooting in > 180 seconds..." > > At http://www.geocities.com/kerbz1/mandrake/, I have put a similar > description as I've included here, and also included two photos of the > screen that may be helpful. Any advice is appreciated. > > Best, > Kerbz > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Did you verify the md5 checksums on the ISO files you downloaded and the CDs you burned? The problems you experience could well be due to a bad download or a bad burn. -- ________________________________________________ Olivier Reisch [EMAIL PROTECTED] TuxPPC Site Director http://www.tuxppc.org The number one user resource for Linux on PPC. For safe mail, get my PGP Key: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/olivier.reisch/oreisch_public_key.gpg ________________________________________________
