Hi,
 
    I'm hoping someone can help me out with my current problem. First I liked to say good job on the installation part of Mandrake. Looks great and works good too.
 
    Now, my problem at hand is that I get a Kernel Panic. Here is the error message when trying to boot up after the install is completed without problems.
 
VFS : Cannot open root device "2107" or 21:07
please append a correct "root=" boot option
Kernel panic VFS : unable to mount root fs on 21:07
 
    I'm not sure what it wants for options and how to get to the boot: prompt. I get the screen that asks which OS I want to boot but can't seem to find the right keys to get to the prompt. I did notice something peculiar when installing. The install detected my HD as hde but when I try to boot up after install it detects it as hda. Maybe this is causing a problem? I tried booting from the diskette the install created but that didn't help. Same problem happened.
 
System Specs:
 
Linux Mandrake 8 Beta 2
AMD Athlon 700
Fic SD11 Motherboard
Promise Ultra 66 PCI IDE apadter
Quantum CX 13 gig HD ( Connected on IDE Adapter)
Iomega zip cd (Connected on onboard IDE connector)
Generic 50X cdrom (Connected on IDE Adapter)
Creative GeForce 2
Dual boot Win98

Joey Duguay

 

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