Hi!
No I CAN'T even install it!!!! And there is nothing between quotes! I tried
installation from CD, boot disk...Mayn compinations...No success...What is
the "real" root for the installation? I mean probably it is ramdisk or?
Should I try somethin like "linux root=/dev/ramdisk??"
Bye, Alen
----- Original Message -----
From: "Praedor Tempus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Alen Salamun" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, May 11, 2001 9:43 PM
Subject: Re: [expert] Can't install Mandrake 8.0?? (Uable to mount root
fs...)
> You really get nothing between the quotations? Not even a meaningless
"308"
> or something?
>
> I have never seen this...you can install it fine, just not boot into it?
> Incidently, I did a mkbootdisk during 8.0 install and it became a useless
> boot disk because it made the root fs = "308". After getting Mandrake
> running I had to do mkbootdisk again and ensure that root was set properly
> (it was at THIS point: root=/dev/hda instead of root="308"). Worked like
a
> charm after that.
>
> How is/are your drives setup? /dev/hda, dev/hdb, etc...
>
> On Friday 11 May 2001 12:54, Alen Salamun wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > I have installed Mandrake 8.0 on DOZEN machines so far no problem. But
on
> > on this particular one it won't install!
> > It is a rackmount Intel machine with normal IDE disk! No scsi, radi...
> >
> > No matter if I boot from CD, Floppy, do text or graphics install, do NET
or
> > CDROM installl....Nothing helps, always same result!
> >
> > I get:
> >
> > Cannot open root device "" 08:05
> > ...
> > Kernel panic: Unable to mount root fs
> >
> > It seems like it can't mount the ram drivers it created!?
> >
> > Bye, Alen
>
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> Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
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>
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