Subject: Re: G4 Installation Woes
From: Maurice van Steensel (mvanstee@baserv.uci.kun.nl)
Date: Wed Aug 16 2000 - 14:31:42 MDT
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--On 08/16/00 09:17:16 -0500 Mike Tuller <Mike.Tuller@anoka.k12.mn.us>
wrote:
> About an hour after posting my message I figured the problem out. Since it
> seems that there are many others that have had this problem, and there
> doesn't seems to be any guide that has all the information on setting up a
> G4 AGP, I am going to put together a guide. I can post it here, but if
> anyone knows of a better place to post this, let me know.
>
> ----------
>> From: Maurice van Steensel <mvanstee@baserv.uci.kun.nl>
>> To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>> Subject: Re: G4 Installation Woes
>> Date: Wed, Aug 16, 2000, 1:19 AM
>>
>
>> On 15-08-2000 at 12:05, Mike.Tuller@anoka.k12.mn.us (Mike Tuller) wrote:
>>
>>> I'm trying once more to get CS 1.2 installed on my G4, and am getting a
>>> kernel panic. Here is all the info:
>>>
>>> G4/450 AGP (SCSI)
>>> 128 MB RAM
>>> UW SCSI ID 0, Bus 2
>>>
>>> I have on the root level of the HD:
>>> yaboot 0.7
>>> vmlinux 2.2.17pre13-ben1(changed name to vmlinux)
>>> yaboot.conf
>>>
>>> My partitions are:
>>> HFS sda7
>>> swap sda8
>>> root sda9
>>>
>>> I have booted OF and set the startup disk to
>>> /pci@f2000000/pci-bridge@d/ATTO,ExpressPCIProUL2D@4,1/@0:7,vmlinux
>>>
>>> My yaboot.conf has the following:
>>> default = linux
>>> image =
>>> /pci@f2000000/pci-bridge@d/ATTO,ExpressPCIProUL2D@4,1/@0:7,vmlinux
>>> label = linux
>>> root = /dev/sda9
>>> append = "sda=noautotune"
>>> novideo
>>>
>>> When Linux starts to load, I get a kernel panic.
>>> Kernel panic: VFS unable to mount root on 08:09
>>>
>>> I have looked at every webpage I can find, and every post, but still
>>> can't find the solution. Any ideas?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Mike
>>>
>> Well, you can't mount / so my first thought would be that it is not on
>> sda9.
>>
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