on 5-29-2008 11:52 AM Jerry Geis spake the following: >> >> Jerry Geis wrote: >> >>/ >> />>/ now do: >> />>/ >> />>/ i586 text mem=128 >> />>/ >> />>/ />/ when I do "i586 text mem=128" it says cant find kernel >> />/ so I do "linux i586 text mem=128" and I get the same behavior >> />/ Loading vmlinuz.... >> />/ Loading initrd.... >> />/ and reboot. >> />/ />/ Am I not correctly specifying the kernel yet? >> />/ / >> Are you sure this is a CD-1 and not a ServerCD ??? >> >> i586 text >> >> THAT should work >> > Sure enough I had the centos 4 server CD, I looked deaper and got the CD > disk 1 out of my pack > and "i586 text" does a BUNCH more... thanks. > > Now I see on the screen that hda is discovered on the IDE interface as a > 1 GIG device. > The last 2 lines printed are: > > Cannot open root device "<NULL>" or unknown block (8,3) > kernel panic not syncing unable to mount root. > > What do I do with that? > > Everything above that looks normal as detect PS/2 etc... > > Jerry It must be either the hardware or a bad disc as I just did a quick install in vmware with 128 Mgs of ram and it went OK. -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't!!!! -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 258 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20080529/ac5a75e1/attachment-0004.sig>