Wed, Aug 28, 2002 at 08:44:38AM -0700 wrote: > Hello, > I have an IBM Thinkpad 755c with no CDRom, but i do have a pcmcia nic. > I am trying to > do the floppy install from the internet. I down loaded the files,
> introduction screen with "boot:" at the bottom. At this prompt i typed > "rescue root=/dev/hda1" If you are trying to install you shouldn't use the rescue boot argument, nor should you specify the root device. The rescue,root combination above will work if you already have a linux system installed on /dev/hda1 and want to boot into it to repair something. > and hit enter. the laptop begins to boot up and lots of type gos by then > it stops with this error: > > > VFS: Mounted root (vfat filesystem) readonly. > freeing unused kernel memory:280k freed > warning: unable to open an initial console. > kernel panic: no init found. try passing init= option to kernel" This is what it looks like if Linux gets random data and tries to interpret it as a root filesystem. In short, just hit enter at the boot: prompt and insert root.bin when prompted. -David -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
