> > 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