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Hmmm, that's very interesting, and I would guess that there's a hardware
problem with your hard disk... but I'm not certain.
When you install Slackware, do you let it format the drive, AND check it
for bad blocks?
Does it get any bad blocks?
- Mike
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On Sun, 21 Feb 1999, gene hitz wrote:
> I've been reading all the helpful replies to my problem and found some
> help in a FAQ file but still haven't succeeded in booting it up. I
> tried reinstalling it into a clean empty partition located closer to
> the front of my hard drive and get the hint that it should be either
> hda1, hda4, hdb1, hdb2 <hdb5, hdb6, hdb7, hdb8, hdb9>. The hda1 & hda4
> return, "kernel panic", hdb1 returns, "unable to open an intitial
> console" and from hdb2 & higher, "attempt to access beyond end of
> device" and "kernel panic".
> Is there something wrong with my downloaded copy, my system, or is it
> still something I'm doing wrong??
> Gene Hitz -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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