OS can't boot to hda1

anon112 · 05-08-2008, 08:27 PM

I just installed Slackware onto my old OLD computer (32mb ram, 233mhz processor, 200 watt power supply, 2x usb 1.0) and for some reason whenever I go to start the OS, I get this message:

Quote:

GFS2: Unrecognized block device or mount point /dev/root
GFS2: gfs2 mount does not exist.
VFS: Cannot open root device "300" or unknown-block(3,0)
Please append a correct "root=" boot option; here are the available partitions:
0300 20015856 hda driver: ide-disk
0301 16868218 hda1
0302 3140707 hda2
0340 4194302 hdb driver: ide-cdrom
Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(3,0)

and then I can't do anything.

Is there some way I can get past this and startup slackware ONCE?

P.s. This is on a 20 GB hard drive and I have about 3GB taken for my Linux Swap.

onebuck · 05-08-2008, 08:39 PM

Hi,

You should have at least 64MB of RAM. You need a initrd. Read the '/boot/README.initrd' to see how. You can boot using your install cd1.

unSpawn · 05-09-2008, 05:46 AM

Please post your thread in only one forum. Posting a single thread in the most relevant forum will make it easier for members to help you and will keep the discussion in one place. This thread is closed because it is a duplicate of http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...3/#post3147874.