Re: Kernel panic

[jwt@example.com (Jim Tittsler)]

>>If you successfully booted the installation floppy, and copied
>>slackware to your "D:" drive, try using the parameters "mount
>>root=/dev/hdb1" when booting from the installation floppy.
>
>I tried this and now it hangs at:
>
>Partition check:
>  sda: sda1
>  hda: hda1
>UMSDOS Beta 0.6 (compatibility level 0.4, fast msdos)
>Mounting root
>VFS: Mounted root (umsdos filesystem).

For a SCSI drive, you wanted "mount root=/dev/sda1" not hdb1.

If you boot with the boot/root disks, and abort the installation
script (or switch to a different virtual console), can you mount
your UMSDOS system (mount -t umsdos /dev/sda1 /mnt) and see that
it appears intact?

Jim

P.S.  If you are planning to blow away DOS, you would be better
off using a native Linux file system (like ext2) instead of UMSDOS.
The performance difference is noticeable.