I don't have a Zipslack system running at the moment, so I can't check it
... but probably you forgot to tell loadlin where your root Linux partition
is. Here is an excerpt from the file README.1ST, which is in the Zipslack
directory on my Slackware 4.0 CD:
"To boot the system, you'll need to edit the LINUX.BAT file, and make sure
the root=/dev/XXXX statement on the loadlin line (the one that's not
commented out with 'rem') is set up to use the partition where you unzipped
ZIPSLACK.ZIP,
such as /dev/sda4. If you're not sure which partition to use, just go ahead
and guess. If you get it wrong, you'll still be able to use scrollback
(right shift key and PageUp) when the kernel halts to go back and look at
your partitions, noting the names Linux gives them. With this information,
you should be able to edit the LINUX.BAT correctly."
As I recall, the Linux directory needs to be at the top level of the
specified volume and be called \linux .
If you skipped this step (only a guess on my part), you need to back up and
do it. If I've guessed wrong, you should review the rest of this document to
see what other step you might have missed. If you need to post another
query, please quote, don't paraphrase, error messages.
At 12:10 PM 11/19/99 -0600, Jim Jarosz wrote:
>
>I am able to unzip the "zipslack" archive from slackware
>4.0. I am able to get the kernel to load, but it does
>not mount the root volume. The error message it does not
>recognize the partition table. Has WIN98 done something
>to the mbr? How do I work around this?
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