linux

[mastaoneil]

hello evry1

i d/l mandrake linux 10.0 and when i put the cd in and it says press enter 2 install i press enter and it comes with this error

vfs: unable to mount root fs on ram3

i tried it on anther pc and it works!

cheers in advance

[kjbunete]

for some reason it is not creating a Ram drive. Can you tell more of your system? Like, is this a new installation, upgrading, do you have windoze installed?

[mastaoneil]

i runnin windows xp

i got 2 ntfs partions 1 for windows and other for linux

its a new installation and i tried the cds on anther pc and it worked so its nothing to do with the cds

[kjbunete]

okay, you say that you have two NTFS file systems on your computer. One for wondows and the other is for linux? I have yet to see linux installed on an NTFS file system. But that is just me, I use the linux native. this beond the point, because you are not able to get to the diskdrake yet.

When you get to the welcome screen, press F1. This should give you prompt at the bottom of the screen. Lets first they this. At the prompt, type "alt1" with out the quotes. This will try to load the install command though the linux kernel 2.4 and not the 2.6 that is default in M10C. See if this works, if not please report what it says.


Also, if this does not work. Can you give more info about your system. Hardware inperticular. Like CPU, RAM, ect. This will alow me and other to see if there is an hardware compat. issue with linux. good luck

[mastaoneil]

cheers for your reply

i entered alt1 and it came with an error saying
cannot find alt1 image

as you requested heres my sytem info

256 sdram
750mhz duron
128 ddr ati 9200
20 gb hdd

pleez help

[kjbunete]

Let me look into thing here real quick, get back when I can

[mastaoneil]

hello i just installed mandrake linux 10.0 on a different pc but it asks me wt i want 2 load i choose linux and it says

run level

help wt do i do here?

[Trillian]

First of all: read this: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
Yes, it does apply to you.

Second: GIYF: google is your friend.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&l...ll&btnG=Search


Now. Learn how to specify your problem in a way that we feel like you actually did something do get the answer, let us know you tried to solve your problem.
Be more clear about your problem. I do not understand what on earth you are trying to tell me. You might have a problem with your bootloader, you might just be silly, you might not know how to use certain programs bling-bling-Mandrake wants to load, so be more specific.

Tell us what your computer is doing, you switched it on, choose mandrakelinux at the bootloader, it starts booting the kernel, and then what?

[R4NG3R]

run level is the type of mode the os runs on..

command line interface... gui... etc.

i believe CLI is 5 and GUI is 3. well on rh9 it is... : )