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From: Mikhail Zotov on 31 Jan 2008 13:25
On Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:43:44 +0100
Arun Dev <nospam(a)pleaz.xy> wrote:
> I just tried my luck on an old P-II, 233 MHz, 64 MB laptop.
>
> Booting huge.s I could finish the installation. But I can't start
> the installation. It gives
>
> no file system could mount root, tried:
> Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on
> unknown-block(8,2)
>
> Am I correct in assuming that the initrd is too big for the 64 MB?

IIRC, huge.s doesn't require initrd (providing /boot partition
is of the type compiled in the kernel, e.g., ext3). Are you sure
you have properly configured lilo.conf?

--
Mikhail
From: Olive on 31 Jan 2008 13:25
> "Ubuntu" - an African word, meaning "Slackware is too hard for me".
>

You did complain about troll... If it is really what you think; why
don't you go to Ubuntu? What do you do on this list?

Olive
From: Federico Savini on 31 Jan 2008 14:10
i think i'b better try this slack-distro

http://www.pcbypaul.com/absolute/

It works well on old pcs

On Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:43:44 +0100
Arun Dev <nospam(a)pleaz.xy> wrote:

From: Arun Dev on 31 Jan 2008 15:35
Hello all

Am 30.01.2008 17:43, Arun Dev schrieb:
>
> I just tried my luck on an old P-II, 233 MHz, 64 MB laptop.
>
> Booting huge.s I could finish the installation. But I can't start
> the installation. It gives
>
> no file system could mount root, tried:
> Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on
> unknown-block(8,2)

It could be missing modules for the file system then? The root
partition was formatted ext3. Is it possible that Slack "generic"
kernel has no ext3 built-in?

Anyway I don't have the computer right now, will check tomorrow.

BTW, I like the idea behind "Absolute Linux". In fact I was
thinking of trying Puppy Linux if there is a fundamental
problem with Slack 12.

greetings
Arun

From: Mark South on 31 Jan 2008 15:40
On Wed, 30 Jan 2008 21:35:25 +0100, Arun Dev wrote:

> Hello all
>
> Am 30.01.2008 17:43, Arun Dev schrieb:
>>
>> I just tried my luck on an old P-II, 233 MHz, 64 MB laptop.
>>
>> Booting huge.s I could finish the installation. But I can't start the
>> installation. It gives
>>
>> no file system could mount root, tried: Kernel panic - not syncing:
>> VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(8,2)
>
> It could be missing modules for the file system then? The root partition
> was formatted ext3. Is it possible that Slack "generic" kernel has no
> ext3 built-in?

No, it definitely has ext3 supported.

> Anyway I don't have the computer right now, will check tomorrow.
>
> BTW, I like the idea behind "Absolute Linux". In fact I was thinking of
> trying Puppy Linux if there is a fundamental problem with Slack 12.

From my experience, Absolute is a *lot* faster on the same hardware than
Puppy. Paul put a lot of effort into minimising the footprint of
Absolute and it shows.
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