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I recently tried to install RedHat 5.1 on my old 486.  It has an old Sony
CDU33A that I think I have working.  I downloaded RH5.1 off of the ftp and
then burned a cd of it using the JOLIET file system.  It was the only way
to preserve the long names that were in the directories.

I got the program to recognize the CDROM (it spun for a while after I
entered the port number for the prop controller).  But after going for a
while, the screen stays blue and the bottom line turns black.  If I hit a
key it says:

Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 08:21

What does this mean?  Is the CDROM loaded right?  Is the CD I burned bad
because it is JOLIET?  Or is there something more insideous?

If it is the CD I burned using JOLIET, is there anyway to make a CD from a
windows box without using JOLIET and that preserve the long file names...

Thanks in advance,
Mike S.

Hi,
I had the same experience. The ftp program I was using(absolute FTP) asked
me if I wanted to save the files as ASCII or binary type. I unknowingly
chose ASCII, and the whole CD is now worthless. I'm not sure as what I
might do to correct the problem, but I will try again soon

God Luck

Scottb

Quote:> I recently tried to install RedHat 5.1 on my old 486.  It has an old Sony
> CDU33A that I think I have working.  I downloaded RH5.1 off of the ftp
and
> then burned a cd of it using the JOLIET file system.  It was the only way
> to preserve the long names that were in the directories.

> I got the program to recognize the CDROM (it spun for a while after I
> entered the port number for the prop controller).  But after going for a
> while, the screen stays blue and the bottom line turns black.  If I hit a
> key it says:

> Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 08:21

> What does this mean?  Is the CDROM loaded right?  Is the CD I burned bad
> because it is JOLIET?  Or is there something more insideous?

> If it is the CD I burned using JOLIET, is there anyway to make a CD from
a
> windows box without using JOLIET and that preserve the long file names...

> Thanks in advance,
> Mike S.