I wrote to the list a few weeks ago. I'm the newbie who wanted to know
how to get started with Linux. I received many helpful responses from
the group and finally decided to try the Slackware version. I
downloaded the 35,663 Kb zipfile and unzipped it into a new clean
partition and wound up with 15 directories containing 10,989 files. I
tried following the readme.1st file unsuccessfully. In DOS, I tried
"loadlin vmlinuz root=/dev/sda4 rw" and after several pages of
installation I got the message, "vfs: cannot open root device 0804"
and "kernel panic: vfs: unable to mount root fs on 0804", and the
machine locked-up. When I next tried "loadlin vmlinuz root=/dev/hda1
rw" it answered "unable to open initial console" What am I doing wrong
and how do I proceed?
Gene Hitz -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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