Re: Booting Lnx-BBC

On Sun, Sep 21, 2003 at 02:17:45AM -0700, Craig Jackson wrote:
> Greetings!
> Thankyou for developing this operating system - it sounds wonderful...however...
> I have tried booting Lnx-BBC on my AMD, but it repeatedly comes up with this message:
> 
> Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 01:00
> 
> I have tried different graphic modes (they all work), and the "prompt" option to no avail - it always comes up with the same message, complete with flashing keyboard lights.
> 
> Being an enthusiastic but dumb newbie to Linux, I'm not sure what this message means.
> 
> I have burned the iso onto a regular large sized CD-R (that was all I had) instead of a business card type. Do you think this could be the problem?

No.
 
> Here is my relevant config to the best if my knowledge:
> 
> AMD 900 Mhz processor overclocked to 1200
> 128 Meg Ram
> 


Did you check the md5sum of the iso you downloaded to make sure
you go the whole thing intact and inviolate?

I suspect either that, or your overclocking tripping up the
computation demands of cloop.  I know my 900 MHz AMD
processor-based system can be a little fussy, and that's without
any overclocking.

--Joe