Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Fri, 28 Jun 1996 21:39:12 +0200 | From | Andries.Brouwer@cwi ... | Subject | Re: Kernel Panic: VFS... |
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Atanga:
: I have Intel 486DX2 66, 16MB Ram. : Ide drive, Maxtor 2595 cyls, 16 heads, 63 sects. and 1.336MB : capacity(documentation), but the bios indicate 1277MB only; that is the : first problem. : At the moment I'm trying to install Linux 1.2.XX or 1.3.XX kernel.
: These are my ide drive partitions
: /dev/hda1 => 450 MB for Dos (theoretically cyls < 1023) : /dev/hda2 => ~ 200 Extended Dos partition : /dev/hda3 => ~ 650MB Linux partition : /dev/hda4 => ~ 30MB (theoretically) for swap
: To format this drive, I used "logical" geometry 648/64/63, and I have built : a new kernel. : But during the boot session the system sends these messages. : listed the most important ones)
: ... bread failed ...
Well, it surely looks like the kernel is using the true geometry, while you set up DOS with a fake geometry. If you want to boot Linux, give it boot parameters telling what fake geometry you want to use. (Something like `hd=cyls,heads,sects' - read the bootparam HOWTO or bootparam.7.)
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