Hi. I sure hope someone can give me some usable leads on this one. I see
on this list, most people have their systems up and going, I am not even to
that point. I have lost track of how many weeks I have been trying to get
Linux to load onto the HD.
OK, here is the system: 486DX w/2 HD's (Maxtor 7546, 500+mb ea.), a
Panasonic 2X CD-ROM drive, a 3.5" FD plus tape BU, 32mb RAM.
I have been trying to load Slackware 96.
I have succeeded in partitioning the HD for Linux (including swapspace.)
This on drive D:
Note on the CD-ROM SoundBlaster card: the card is set up for I/O ports of
0x310 and 0x350 only.
Using LILO, if I just let the boot disk run thru its routine, it does not
recognize the CD-ROM, but does load up the COLOR.GZ root and allows the
setup program to run. Unfortunately, at that point when I try to load from
the CD, naturally Linux does not recognize the CD (oh yes, I am using the
sbpcd.i image.) I have tried to force Linux to recognize the CD-ROM by
entering the command:
mount sbpcd=0x350,SoundBlaster
(I have tried both addresses and yes I have gone to the card to set the I/O
address jumper.) The command does get Linux to at least recognize the
CD-ROM (I see the CD-ROM LED come on plus the right verbage on the screen,
so it looks like things are go there.) When I go to the FD with the root
COLOR.GZ in it is where things go awry. The error messages come flying out
saying:
end_request: I/O error, dev 01:00, sector (missed first number)
.
.
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end_request: I/O error, dev 01:00, sector 952
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end_request: I/O error, dev 01:00, sector 2878
at this point I am just left with a blinking cursor.
I have also tried loading with LOADLIN. With BARE.I and COLOR.GZ I can get
to the setup program, but of course Linux does not recognize the CD-ROM.
Using the sbpcd image and the following command (plus trying some
variations) resulted in another error message:
C:\LOADLIN>loadlin zimage root=/dev/ram ro intro=color.gz
resulting error message:
kernel panic: VFS: unable to mount root fs on 01:00
Although I am reasonably competent with DOS/WIN/C plus working on the
hardware, my practical experience with UNIX/Linux is very limited.
I have been chasing around to various Web/FTP sites to find something to
apply to this problem with little success. The frustration is getting to
the point that the Linux CD's are starting to look like good skeet targets :-(
Has my narrative been sufficient for someone on the list to know what might
be the problem? Direct e-mail will be fine if more details are needed.
Thank you in advance.
Dave
Dave Bernhardt
Boring, OR
