I used to get the similar "Kernel panic...." error during bootup which i resolved by removing double quote marks from the loadlin command line parameter. Works fine now. HTH, Mitesh ----- Original Message ----- From: "S. Sri Krishna" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2000 3:24 PM Subject: [LIH] kernel panic at start of installation. > Hi all, > I am facing a rather peculiar problem while installing > linux. > The machine specs > celeron 500Mhz, 20GB seagate disk---> is recognized correctly by the bios > 128MB ram + i810 motherboard. > The problem is that when I boot the machine thro' the PCquest RH6.2 CD, it > gives a message saying " VFS kernel panic" > and doesnt proceed. > What do you think the problem is: > Is it because of the disk size ? I have installed on disks upto 17GB, > this is my first 20GB disk. > The linux partition is well within 1024 cylinders. > regards > krishna > > > _-=-_-=-_-=-_-=-_-=-_-=-_-=-_-=-_-=-_-=-_-=-_-=-_-=-_-=-_-=-_-=-_-=-_-=- > S.Sri Krishna E-Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased. > Katharine Hepburn > (1907-, American Actress) > > URL: http://mbu.iisc.ernet.in/~kris > _-=-_-=-_-=-_-=-_-=-_-=-_-=-_-=-_-=-_-=-_-=-_-=-_-=-_-=-_-=-_-=-_-=-_-=- > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > For more information on the LIH mailing list see: > http://lists.linux-india.org/lists/LIH > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the 'What to do before posting to the list' site for a list of things to try before posting. The site is at http://botsie.tripod.com/beforeposting/
