Debian error
 

Ok, so i booted from the rescue disk for the 1000th time and this time i typed "rescue root=/dev/hda1"

This time i got the following:
"loading linux.bin"

so it ran through a bunch of stuff everything looked ok till the end at which time i got the following error:

"cramfs: wrong magic
FAT: bogus logical sector size 63222
read_super_block: can't find a reiserfs filesystem on (dev 03:01, block 64, size 1024)
read_super_block: can't find a reiserfs filesystem on (dev 03:01, block 8, size 1024)
kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:01"

i am installing this on an IBM thinkpad 755C with no cdrom but i do have a pcmcia nic card, and am tring to install the debian install from the floppy to install from the internet.

All right, so i fdisked the hard drive and formated it, then i booted again from the rescue disk. same thing up till the error message:

"cramfs: wrong magic
request_module[nls_cp437]: root fs not mounted
unable to load NLS charset cp437
request_module[nls_cp437]: root fs not mounted
unable to load NLS charset cp437
request_module[nls_cp437]: root fs not mounted
unable to load NLS charset cp437
request_module[nls_cp437]: root fs not mounted
unable to load NLS charset cp437
VFS: Mounted root (vfat filesystem) readonly.
freeing unused kernel memory:280k freed
warning: unable to open an initial console.
kernel panic: no init found. try passing init= option to kernel"


:confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused:
So whats the option for Kernel?

No takers???

ok, well thanks anyways................................

Oh well; I really don't know about the floppies.I did do a netinstall with a cd that is made of the floppies and that wouldn't give the option to install reisserfs at all.The kernel that is used there is 2.2.20 and doesn't support anything else then ext2.That might be your problem with the floppies,too.
If you want to install with reisserfs you need the cd-set but I still don't think tou can format / as reisserfs with that and I don't feel like downloading 7 CD's to try it.

Looks like you rebuilt your kernel and forgot to include Reiser support.

Regards

Rebuilt it?? But all i did was a rawrite from the .bin files i down load. how do i rebuild the kernel, and should i rebuild it?