One last note: Tried running autoboot from dos. Looks like it's going ok, then gives me the following lines: EXT2-fs: unable to read superblock Cramfs: wrong magic FAT: unable to read boot sector isofs_read_super: bread failed, dev=09:02, iso_blk num=16, block=32 Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 09:02 It's official now: I'm stumped. Thanks for any assistance. Joe Trent On Fri, 2002-10-25 at 10:40, Joe D. Trent wrote: > Another update > > I'm booting from the floppy, as this machine won't boot from the cd. The > light on the diskette never goes off and the install program won't see > the driver diskette. I'm assuming that the boot floppy is mounted or > something and it's not unmounting it so I can change diskettes. When > prompted to insert the driver disk and hit ok, the drive never reads the > diskette, at least it doesn't make any sound. It works the same if I > enter "linux dd" at the boot prompt, it just happens earlier in the > install process. > > Help, Mr. Wizard. > > Thanks, > Joe Trent > > On Fri, 2002-10-25 at 09:51, Joe D. Trent wrote: > > An update - made a driver disk from the rh 8.0 cdrom: \dos\utils\rawrite > > drvblock.img a: > > > > Trying to install it,I get a message that it failed to mount the driver > > disk - not a valid driver disk for this version. > > > > I noticed someone else with the same problem posting here (Subject: > > Installing RH8.0). > > > > What would we be doing wrong? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Joe Trent > > > > On Fri, 2002-10-25 at 08:40, Joe D. Trent wrote: > > > Hey, > > > > > > I installed 8.0 on one machine and had no problem. Installing it on an > > > ALR P90 upgraded to 200mhz with an Adaptec 2740 Eisa controller, the > > > installation program tells me that it can't find any hard disks and lets > > > me select a driver. I selected the 2740, etc., driver (AIC7xxx). The > > > install proceeded until partition time when I got the message: > > > > > > "An error has occurred - no valid devices were found on which to create > > > new file systems. Please Check your hardware for the cause of this > > > problem." > > > > > > Windows works fine, RH 6.0 worked fine. Is there something missing from > > > the install cd (purchased, pro version)? Can I make a driver disk? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Joe Trent -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
