I am a first time LINUX installer and I also have a similar problem. I have
a 3G and a 10G Maxtor and Phoenix BIOS EPP rev 3.00 dated 10/05/95. I'm
using a 7G ext2 partition on the 10G drive to load Mandrake 7.1. When I
tried the complete install (Automatic), I could not even complete the
install. I moved to custom and was able to complete the install, but on
reboot I had a kernel panic, and an error stating that /root could not be
mounted. In addition, when it was time to change CDs, I could not get the CD
to open. It is a Mitsumi CD ROM. I had video problems too, but worked that
out.
Mike
