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When I use the boot disk, I get to the point where it says "Boot:" I click enter and then another menu comes up asking me to insert my "ROot disk" which i use the "color.gz" one.. I insert my root disk wich is "bare.i" the click enter and the following message comes up
UMSDOS: msdos_read_super_ failed, mount aborted
FAT: bogus logical sector size 0
FAT: bogus logical sector size 0
Read_super_block: Can't find a reiserfs filesystem on (dev 01:00, block 64, size 1024)
Read_super_block: Can't find a reiserfs filesystem on (dev 01:00, block 8, size 1024)
Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 01:00
Now what does this mean?.. DO i have to first set up my file system to be ext3?
Righ now I have WIndowsME on the computer.. Any suggestions?
I fix it now.. But when I get to the point where I have to use Cfdisk or fdisk, when I type cfdisk it says "FATAL ERROR: cannot open disk drive press any key to exit cdfisk" and when I try using fdisk, I write fdisk /dev/hda .. It says unable to open /dev/hda.. ANy help?
is the drive ide? you might need to give the drive parameters at the boot prompt. make sure the bios is configured correctly and turn off plug and pray, see if it helps
Last edited by DavidPhillips; 03-04-2003 at 10:00 PM.
I think that I will give up for now... I'll stay with Redhat, and try to install Slack on the weekend once again... I did the partitions with the Redhat CD, and formated them with the SLack menu, but when I get to the part where I have to install the packages, the following error comes out, ah and I have to say, that when looking for the source of packages i select CD-ROM and it finds the packages no problem.
Mount Error
Your source device cannot be accessed properly
Please be sure that it is mounted on /var/log/mount/slackware, and that the slackware disks are found in the subdirectories of /var/log/mount/slakware like specified
I noticed that you're only using the one root disk. You should have one boot floppy (bare.i) and 5 root disks (color.bz). Perhaps this is part of the issue.
Also, WinME relies heavily on the plug 'n play utility in the BIOS--get rid of it (WinME that is ). Seriously, turn off PnP in the BIOS as suggested by DavidPhillips. You should also follow doublefailure's advice and use partition magic to shrink down your WinME partition.
I know that I installed and reinstalled Slackware about 6 times before I realized that I had a badly burned CD. Also, after I got the right CD I reinstalled about 6 more times with a good CD due to my own stupid errors.
You can also try using the Slackware Book which might be of use. Hope this helps.
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