Topic: Can't install using boot disk (newbie)

[David Wyatt]

When i install the software using a boot disk, it hangs before setup can begin every single time. I have swapped CDROM drives and hard drives and have created new boot disks but the problem always appears. The error message reads as follows

Partition Check:
  hda: hda1
hdc: Lost interrupt
hdc: Lost interrupt
hdc: Lost interrupt
VFS: Cannot open root device 08:42
Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 08:42

how do i fix this?

[Bob Todd]

what you got in the way of harddrives installed - is it IDE, SCSI, RAID ? You are using the boot floppy I see, have you tried booting from cd or does the motherboard not support that in the bios settings?

[David Wyatt]

the hard drive is IDE, the motherboard does not support cdroms in the bios settings

[Daley]

Hi David,

found the posted, well, did you solved this problem?? what was it?? i have the same problem.

Regards,
daley