Okay, I posted yesterday about my problems installing Linux on my new AMD 1500+ XP. Update:
It's deffo the mobo/cpu (I don't have another mobo or cpu to test with, so I can't specify which). I chucked all unnecessary hardware, leaving me with a hard drive, cdrom, mobo, and cpu (mobo has onboard SiS sound, video, and lan). I reformatted the hard drive, and STILL get the same error -- I tried a Mandrake 8.2 install, and then a Redhat 7.3, both with similar errors. The Mandrake error wasn't too verbose (Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 1:03), but the Redhat error gave me more info:
EXT2-fs: unable to read superblock
cramfs: wrong magic
Fat: unable to read boot sector
isofs_read_super: bread failed, dev=9:00, iso_blknum=16, block=32
Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 9:00
The system then halted, though the caps lock and scroll lock indicator lights on my keyboard started flashing slowly. No idea.
Again, I really have no idea what's going on here. It's a mystery to my small brain... any of you linux superheroes out there have any idea what's going on? I'd be quite grateful.
It's deffo the mobo/cpu (I don't have another mobo or cpu to test with, so I can't specify which). I chucked all unnecessary hardware, leaving me with a hard drive, cdrom, mobo, and cpu (mobo has onboard SiS sound, video, and lan). I reformatted the hard drive, and STILL get the same error -- I tried a Mandrake 8.2 install, and then a Redhat 7.3, both with similar errors. The Mandrake error wasn't too verbose (Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 1:03), but the Redhat error gave me more info:
EXT2-fs: unable to read superblock
cramfs: wrong magic
Fat: unable to read boot sector
isofs_read_super: bread failed, dev=9:00, iso_blknum=16, block=32
Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 9:00
The system then halted, though the caps lock and scroll lock indicator lights on my keyboard started flashing slowly. No idea.
Again, I really have no idea what's going on here. It's a mystery to my small brain... any of you linux superheroes out there have any idea what's going on? I'd be quite grateful.
