Thanks for the replies. I have tried to provide additional info below: ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anita Lewis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Newsgroups: sxs.lists.linux-users To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2001 4:55 PM Subject: Re: Win95 replacement
> > You might try running the cdrom as a rescue disk to see what is happening. > I know you can do that with the RH disk. Boot it and then do 'linux rescue' > That will start linux in ram. Then do > 'fdisk -l /dev/hda' and write down what that looks like. I don't understand how I can use a linux disk as a rescue disk for windows. > > If you are booting with LILO you can do: > > mount -t ext2 /dev/hdax /mnt (where the x is the partition number for /) > less /mnt/etc/lilo.conf (see what it has for the / partition) I haven't been able to get linux on the system yet so I can't use lilo. > > The kernel is loading, but it is not finding the / partition. I don't know > why that is. How are you trying to boot? What do you think your / > partition is? Tell us what you find with the fdisk command above and in > your lilo.conf, if you are using LILO. I have tried to boot from the cdrom, but the system ignores it even after adjusting the bios. So I have to reboot into dos and use the autoboot.bat file from the /dosutils folder on the cdrom. Caldera allows installation from within windows, which I have used before with no problem. I have also tried creating a boot disk using the tools provided on the installation disk (mandrake). Regardless of the installation method, I get the same error. _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
