LINUX SET UP PROBLEMS

[shae]

Hello All . Ive Just Downloaded RED HAT LINUX 9 And When I Start the set up program iget a error saying : KERNOL PANIC : VFS:UNABLE TO MOUNT ROOT FS ON 48:05 And I Havent I Clue What It Means Can Any One Help Me Please ...im runing : AMD ATHLON 900MHZ 20 GIGHD PARTISIONED INTO 2 10 GIGS WITH WINDOWS 98 ON C: DRIVE AND 128MBRAM

[vass0922]

where are you in the setup? Is this RIGHT at the beginning?

How do you have your drive setup? Is it on cable select or set as master?
I've seen it throw a fit when the HD is set on cable select before.

[Germ]

I tend to agree with vass. Check your jumpers. cable select is generally a no-no.

[shae]

thanks for your help im very new to linux,,,, ive partisioned my hd with partision magic ive got windows 98se on the c: and i want red hat 9 on d:Which Is FAT32 it gets to (graphical, text, rescue)set up bit then whatever one i choose it starts to set up it scrolles through loads of stuff cd rom floppy etc etc then stopes saying :
KERNEL PANIC: VFS: UNABLE TO MOUNT ROOT FS ON 48:05
then i cant do anything apart from restarting my pc and go back to BORRRRRRRING WINDOWS 98SE
I HOPE THIS MAKES SOME SENCE LOL IM WELL STUCK UNLESS I CAN GET PAST THIS STAGE
THANKS AGAIN FOR EVERYONES HELP
P.S. HOW CAN I CHANGE THIS STUFF PLEASE cable select or set as master

[TOAD6147]

shae,
Is this a machine you built or a "packaged" computer, i.e., Dell. Gateway, Compaq, etc.? Have you never been inside an open box before?

[Germ]

I have seen RH choke on a partition magic partition. Let the red hat installer do the partitioning.

Open your comp and look at the back of the hard drive where the ribbon and power plug in. You will see one or more small jumpers. it will tell you above the jumpers where to put them for Master, Slave, and Cable Select. You can probably get detailed instructions at the HDD manufacturers website.

[DanGrease]

It also could be a bad ISO file or damaged since most installing errors that occur are related to this

dan

[TOAD6147]

it will tell you above the jumpers where to put them for Master, Slave, and Cable Select.

Probably not. True for most CD-ROM's but he'll probably either have to be able to see the top of the drive for the pic or try to determine what hdd model he has and get the info off the manufacturer's website. And if he's not comfortable opening his case and doing some of these things then he has a problem.
EDIT:
Try getting aida32 or Belarc Advisor and either one should tell you which drive you have. Then you can take that info the manufacturer's website for jumper config.

[Germ]

I don't know what model HDD he has, but all I use is Maxtor and the jumper schematic is on the HDD. And it's right above the jumpers on top.

[shae]

hello all,
thanks for all your help so far

i have a maxter 20 gig hd and ive looked at the back of it and it is set to master
it goes to set up i press enter on graphic set up not text set up: i scrolles through loads of stuff cd roms floppy usb etc etc
then it comes to this:

TCP: HASH TABLES CONFIGURED (ESTABLISHED 8192BIND 16384)
NET4: UNIX DOMAIN SOCKETS 1.0/SMP FOR LINUX NET4.0
VFS: CANNOT OPEN ROOT DEVICE ""OR 48.05
PLEASE APPEND A CORRECT "ROOT=" BOOT OPTION
KERNEL PANIC: VFS: UNABLE TO MOUNT ROOT FS ON 48.05

THEN IT ALL STOPS WORKING I HOPE THIS HELPS PEOPLE HELPING ME, AND OTHERS WHO MIGHT B STUCK ON THIS PROBLEM
THANKS AGAIN EVERYONE HELPING