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Respectfully AOL www.aolsystems.com Stephen Liu wrote: > Hi, > > Thanks for your further advice. > > Unfortunately I still encountered the same problem after repeated trials. > > My partition table as follows > > Native partition for /boot 5 MB > Swap 260 MB (2 x 128 MB RAM) > rest for root partition > > I even tried installing Mandrake 7.2 first. After it works successfully, > then I installed/upgrade it to Mandrake 8.0 But I still could not get the > later to work. At re-start following warning signal prompts ; > > Kernel Panic:VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:05 > > Would it be the bug problem of my installer - Mandrake 8.0 ? ? ? > > Best Regards > Stephen Liu > > At 11:30 AM 10/2/2001 -0700, you wrote: > >Dear Sir Stephen Lui > > > >before adding a "/" linux native root partition just add first a native > >partition > >"/boot" with 5MB needed then after press add again for the swap partion > >your swap > >partion must be 2x your memory so for example you have 64mB memory your swap > >partion must be at least 128MB. then add your "/" root pation then add an > >asterisk to Grow to fill this disk this will install your all your linux > >program > >in there > > > > > >Thanks and Good Luck! > > > >Respectfully > >AOL > >www.aolsystems.com > > > >Stephen Liu wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > Thanks for your response and advice. > > > > > > I only have 2 partitions in my hard disc, the native and the swap. > > > I am sure I have added a mount point " / " to the native partition. > > > > > > >Pls try this pls add a linux native with mount point > > > >/boot > > > >so you can divide your boot partition to your original mount point > > > >/ > > > > > > Kindly explain how to add " /boot " to the native partition. Is it to add > > > a boot partition on the hard disc, making 3 partitions, boot, native and > > > swap and thereafter adding a mount point " / " to the boot partition ? How > > > about the native partition whether a mount point " / " is still necessary ? > > > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > > > B.Regards > > > Stephen Liu > > > > > > >which you originaly configured so it will not conflivt with your existing > > > >linux native. > > > >then dont forget to add a swap partition. > > > >I hope my little knowledge on this can help you. > > > > > > > > > > > >Respectfully > > > >AOL > > > >www.aolsystems.com > > > >"The Technology Specialist" > > > >Stephen Liu wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi all people, > > > > > > > > > > I installed Mandrake 8.0 to a new hard disk and encountered following > > > > > problem when restarting the computer after installation > > completed. There > > > > > was no other Operating System sharing the hard disk. > > > > > > > > > > Class of installation : Recommended > > > > > > > > > > When restarting the computer following error indicated > > > > > > > > > > VFS : cannot open root device "305" or 03:05. > > > > > Please append a correct "root=" boot option > > > > > Kernel Panic : VFS unable to mount root fs on 03:50 > > > > > > > > > > I did try several times to restart the computer and also reinstall the > > > > > software but with no improvement. > > > > > > > > > > Kindly help !!! > > > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > > > > > > > Best Regards > > > > > Stephen Liu > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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